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Russian investigators say Greenpeace activists to be prosecuted
2013-09-24 10:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Environmental activists who protested at a Russian Arctic offshore oil platform last week will be prosecuted and could face piracy charges punishable by up to 15 years in prison, Russian investigators said on Tuesday. They said the "attack", in which Greenpeace activists tried scaling the Gazprom-owned Prirazlomnaya platform, Russia's first offshore Arctic oil platform, violated Russian sovereignty. "When a foreign ship full of electronic equipment intended for unknown purposes and a group...
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