Russians storm Greenpeace ship

[pmaitra]

Australian among 28 arrested after armed Russians storm Greenpeace ship

Greenpeace activists attempt to scale Russian company Gazprom's oil rig in the Pechora Sea. Photograph: Greenpeace

Gun-wielding coastguards use helicopters and ropes to board Arctic Sunrise, which was allegedly in international waters

An Australian man is among 28 crew members being held at gunpoint on a Greenpeace ship in the Arctic after it was stormed by Russian security forces.

Members of the Russian coastguard boarded the Arctic Sunrise in the Pechora Sea via helicopter and ropes on Thursday. Greenpeace says the vessel was in international waters at the time of boarding.

A video released by Greenpeace shows the Russian coastguard contacting the vessel and warning that the direct action against the oil drill platform was a suspected act of terrorism.

"This is the Russian coastguard ship. Your people and your boat attacked oil platform [sic]"¦ I suspect you in terrorism," the radio message says.

The crew includes 11 nationalities, including one female activist who is a permanent resident in Australia and based in Greenpeace's offices in Sydney.

Source: Australian among 28 arrested after armed Russians storm Greenpeace ship | Environment | theguardian.com

 

[t_co]

All I gotta say is, bravo.

 

[pmaitra]

All I gotta say is, bravo.

I agree. Greenpeace is an organization funded by vested interest groups to cause mischief with countries with rival business interests. Trying to scale a Russian oil rig is a terrorist act. They are lucky they came out alive from this.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

I agree. Greenpeace is an organization funded by vested interest groups to cause mischief with countries with rival business interests. Trying to scale a Russian oil rig is a terrorist act. They are lucky they came out alive from this.

I don't know about the rival business interests, but Greenpeace members are insufferably self-righteous.

 

[Ash]

The head of Green Peace is a South African btw....Kumi Naidoo.................just saying

 

[hit&run]

Only a fool will mess with Russians like this. The green Austrailan jokers should know that they are not dealing with some teddy bear state but an alive polar bear.

 

[pmaitra]

Only a fool will mess with Russians like this. The green Austrailan jokers should know that they are not dealing with some teddy bear state but an alive polar bear.

I think only one of them happens to be an Australian resident.

That 'polar bear' term made me chuckle.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

MOSCOW: Greenpeace says 2 activists held in Russian Arctic | Nation/World | NewsObserver.com

MOSCOW: Greenpeace ship in Russian arctic towed to port | Business | NewsObserver.com

MOSCOW: Greenpeace reacts to piracy accusations | Nation/World | NewsObserver.com

Russian Presidential Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov told journalists in Stockholm on Saturday that Greenpeace had "acted too radically" and compared its protest to "Somalian-style piracy."

Are these tiresome posers smiling now?

 

[Armand2REP]

Good for them, everyone knows we hate GP. We blow their ships up.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Good for them, everyone knows we hate GP. We blow their ships up.

Oh yes you did!

 

[p2prada]

Nuts!!! If diplomacy doesn't help them they can expect to spend the rest of their days in the gulag.

 

[lookieloo]

Thank God some nations are still willing to crack malcontent bunnyhuggers over the head with a stick.
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[W.G.Ewald]

Thank God some nations are still willing to crack malcontent bunnyhuggers over the head with a stick.
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[Razor]

Russian investigators open criminal case against Greenpeace activists
The Russian Investigative Committee (SK) has opened a criminal case against Greenpeace activists on charges of piracy, after they were accused of attacking an oil platform in the Barents Sea. The incident took place in the water area of where the Russian oil prospecting platform 'Prirazlomnaya' was operating. The FSB border guard service for the Murmansk Region had provided documents to SK about its inquiry into an incident, SK spokesman Vladimir Markin said. The criminal case into elements of crime punished by the Russian Criminal Code "for piracy committed by an organized group," he said.

Source: RT

Good job :thumb:

 

[jmj_overlord]

just a doubt...are these greenpeace activists so ignorant of various laws inorder to protest for their so called cause ? these guys are like human rights activists ?

 

[W.G.Ewald]

just a doubt...are these greenpeace activists so ignorant of various laws inorder to protest for their so called cause ? these guys are like human rights activists ?

They are above the law because their motives are noble.

 

[lookieloo]

They are above the law because their motives are noble.

THROW THE STINKY BUTTER!!!

 

[Tshering22]

They tried to do a Mavi Marmara on Russians.

Go their rears handed back.

Seriously ---> get into Russian territorial waters of Arctic---> Claim this and that, and then expect them to keep quiet?

Putin is not Sonia Gandhi.

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Russian court deciding whether to hold all 8 remaining Greenpeace activists; 22 already jailed | Fox News

A court in the northern Russian city of Murmansk has sent another Greenpeace activist to jail for two months over a protest at a drilling platform in Arctic waters.

Last week, the court ordered 20 activists and two journalists jailed pending an investigation, but put off the hearings for the remaining eight activists until Sunday.

Dmitry Litvinov, who has dual U.S. and Swedish citizenship, was the first to have his case heard.

No charges have been brought against any of the activists. Russian prosecutors are considering whether to charge them with piracy, among other offenses.

The Russian Coast Guard disrupted the activists' attempt to scale the oil platform on Sept. 18. The next day, they seized Greenpeace's ship, the Arctic Sunrise, and towed it with the crew aboard to Murmansk.

 

[pmaitra]

Russia drops piracy charges against Greenpeace activists

Russia has dropped piracy charges against 30 Greenpeace activists, replacing them with hooliganism charges, according to officials.

The new charge has a maximum penalty of seven years rather than 15. Greenpeace says it is still "wildly disproportionate".

Full article and video: BBC News - Russia drops piracy charges against Greenpeace activists