Foreign Greenpeace activists appeal their arrest in Russian piracy trialDefense of 4 foreign members of the Arctic Sunrise crew detained during a drilling platform raid, has filed an appeal against their arrest with the Murmansk Region court, RAPSI reprts from the courtroom, citing the court's representative Yelena Sinitsa.11:44 09.10.2013
Prosecutors against releasing prominent photographer in Greenpeace trialThe state prosecutor asked the Murmansk regional court to reject the appeal against the arrest of Denis Sinyakov, a prominent Russian freelance photographer who was among the Greenpeace activists during the Gazprom drilling platform raid, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.15:37 08.10.2013
Detained Greenpeace activist's lawyers plea for house arrestThe defense lawyers of detained Greenpeace activists are dissatisfied with their client’s detention conditions, and ask the court to release them under house arrest.13:33 07.10.2013
Netherlands initiates legal action over Greenpeace ship seized in RussiaThe Netherlands has initiated an international inquiry into Russia’s actions in the Greenpeace ship incident in the Pechora Sea, Reuters reports citing the Dutch authorities.16:58 04.10.2013
Kremlin Rights Council decries photographer arrest in Greenpeace caseRussia’s Presidential Human Rights Council has sharply criticized the arrest and piracy charges against a prominent Russian freelance photographer who was on an assignment to cover a Greenpeace protest action at a Gazprom oil rig in the Arctic.10:12 04.10.2013
Two Greenpeace activists charged with maritime piracyGreenpeace activists Sini Saarela and Dmitry Litvinov, who were detained over a protest action against oil drilling in the Arctic, have been charged with the maritime piracy.12:10 02.10.2013
Argentina to plea for Greenpeace activists' release in RussiaThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina will officialy address the Russian authorities to release Greenpeace activists suspected of maritime piracy from pre-trial detention and put them under house arrest, Infobae website reports citing foreign minister Héctor Timerman.10:29 02.10.2013
Russian investigators qualify Greenpeace activists' actions as real threatInvestigators have regarded the actions of Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy as a real threat to the Prirazlomnaya drilling rig's employees, Russia's Investigative Committee reported Monday.14:18 30.09.2013
30 Greenpeace activists detained for two monthsAll 30 Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy have been detained for two months, Greenpeace wrote on its Twitter account.10:42 30.09.2013
Greenpeace activists face piracy chargesDutch-flagged Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise was seized by Russian border guards on September 19 within Russia's exclusive economic zone, a day after two Greenpeace activists scaled a drilling rig in the Pechora Sea, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea. Federal investigators have initially launched a maritime piracy case against the vessel’s crew.15:04 27.09.2013
22 Greenpeace activists detained for two months22 Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy have been detained for two months, Greenpeace wrote on its Twitter account.10:53 27.09.2013
Two Greenpeace activists detained for two monthsGreenpeace activist Roman Dolgov suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy has been detained for two months.14:37 26.09.2013
Detained Greenpeace activists withhold evidenceAll Greenpeace activists suspected of having committed acts of maritime piracy refused to give testimony, Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said Thursday.11:24 26.09.2013
Greenpeace activists breached international law - PutinGreenpeace activists involved in staging a protest at a Russian offshore oil platform last week technically tried to seize the rig by force and breached the international law, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday at a forum on Arctic exploration in the northern Russian city of Salekhard.15:30 25.09.2013
Arctic Sunrise crew detained in Russia - GreenpeaceAll members of the Arctic Sunrise ship's crew have been placed in a detention facility following interrogations with the Investigative Committee for the Murmansk Region.11:05 25.09.2013
Greenpeace activists to be charged with maritime piracy in RussiaFederal investigators have launched a maritime piracy case days after Greenpeace activists attempted to board a Gazprom oil rig in the Barents Sea, Russian Investigative Committee’s spokesman Vladmiri Markin told journalists Tuesday.11:52 24.09.2013
Ruling on Shell injunction against Greenpeace protests expected October 5Shell Royal Dutch PLC expects a ruling on its claim for an injunction against Greenpeace — whose polar-bear costume clad activists shut down a number of Shell gas stations throughout the Netherlands earlier this month — to be handed down next Friday October 5.14:09 24.09.2012
Greenpeace loses Utrish preserve expansion case in Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court dismissed on Tuesday Greenpeace's appeal against the Nature Ministry's June 10 order to establish the Utrish preserve's boundaries.16:25 20.09.2011