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Over 500 violations and life-threatening tourist spots detected around Baikal

The Baikal Interregional Environmental Prosecutor's Office examined recommendations the Presidential Council for Human Rights presented basing on the results of its on-site session in the Irkutsk Region and undertook a number of inspections, which revealed large-scale violations of law in specially protected natural areas and touristic zones around Baikal.

14:57 17.03.2020

Greenpeace lawsuit over Nord Stream 2 project dismissed

The Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an office of the international NGO Greenpeace Council against Nord Stream 2 AG.

12:54 10.12.2018

Greenpeace suit against gas pipeline construction in nature reserve dismissed

The Leningrad Regional Court has granted the construction of a gas pipeline on the territory of the Kurgalsky Nature Reserve.

17:52 27.10.2017

Norwegian authorities arrest Russian woman during protest against Arctic drilling

Russian activist Tatiana Vasilyeva has been arrested by the Norwegian Coast Guard during a protest against Arctic drilling in the Barents Sea.

11:42 18.08.2017

Russian FM says Hague-based PCA had no jurisdiction in Arctic Sunrise case

Russia has taken no part in the litigation relating to the seizure of Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise in 2013 initiated by the Netherlands in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague due to the fact that PCA lacked jurisdiction in the case.

16:42 20.07.2017

Russia ordered to pay Netherlands € 5.4 mln in Arctic Sunrise case

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that Russia must pay the Netherlands about € 5.4 million in compensation in the Arctic Sunrise ship confiscation case.

18:00 18.07.2017

Russian Supreme Court dismisses Greenpeace appeal in its suit vs Environment Ministry

Russia’s Supreme Court had dismissed an appeal petition lodged by Greenpeace in the framework of the NGO’s suit against the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment requesting to disable certain provisions of the regulations on the Sochi natural reserve permitting to build tourist facilities in its territory.

14:03 29.06.2016

Russia ordered to pay damages in Arctic Sunrise case

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague has ruled that Russia compensate the Dutch side in the Arctic Sunrise ship confiscation case.

10:36 25.08.2015

Moscow court upholds ruling in Greenpeace defamation lawsuit

On Tuesday, the Moscow City Court dismissed an appeal by the publisher of the newspaper Zavtra in a Greenpeace Russia anti-defamation lawsuit regarding an issue released 16 years ago.

13:40 04.08.2015

Moscow court dismisses Greenpeace libel lawsuit over kangaroo killing allegations

A court in Moscow dismissed a libel lawsuit which had been filed by the Russian branch of Greenpeace against Russian state-run television channel NTV.

11:42 27.04.2015

Russia closes case against Greenpeace over raid on oil rig in 2013

The Russian Investigative Committee has closed a hooliganism case against Greenpeace activists that scaled Gazprom drilling rig in the Pechora Sea in September 2013.

13:50 01.10.2014

Detained Greenpeace icebreaker to leave Murmansk soon

The Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise, will depart Murmansk in northern Russia after spending 10 months at the port, most of that period being held by border officials, Yevgenia Belyakova, the coordinator of Greenpeace Russia’s Arctic program, told RIA Novosti.

16:05 21.07.2014

Russia releases seized Artic Sunrise Greenpeace vessel

Russia’s Investigative Committee removed the seizure of Greenpeace vessel – the Arctic Sunrise – spent docked there following the participation of its crewmembers in an Arctic drilling protest, according to the Greenpeace website.

16:20 06.06.2014

Dutch police arrest Greenpeace activists blocking Gazprom oil rig

The Dutch police have arrested 30 Greenpeace activists for blocking the Saturn oil rig chartered by Russia’s Gazprom Neft at the Dutch port of Ijmuiden, the environmental group reported on Tuesday.

16:42 27.05.2014

Greenpeace activists turn to ECHR over arrests in Russia

Greenpeace activists and members of the press filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) challenging their arrests in September 2013 following a protest at a Gazprom drilling platform, Greenpeace announced Monday.

15:30 17.03.2014

$90k sought for docking of seized Greenpeace vessel – report

Approximately 3 million rubles ($89,728) in outstanding debt is owed to the Murmansk port authorities for the period that a seized Greenpeace vessel – the Arctic Sunrise – spent docked there following the participation of its crewmembers in an Arctic drilling protest.

11:59 20.01.2014

No negotiations over detained Russian ship in Senegal

Negotiations concerning the release of Russian trawler ship “Oleg Naidenov,” which was detained by Senegalese authorities, failed to take place on Wednesday as previously scheduled.

12:05 09.01.2014

All Greenpeace activists will leave Russia before New Year – attorney

All 30 of the Greenpeace activists detained in September over a protest staged at a Russian drilling rig in the Arctic will leave Russia before the new year, attorney Aleksandr Melnikov told RAPSI on Friday.

12:42 27.12.2013

All “Arctic 30” Greenpeace detainees pardoned

The case against Cristian d'Alessandro, one of the 30 Greenpeace activists detained in September over a protest staged at a Russian drilling rig in the Arctic, has been dropped, RIA Novosti reported Thursday citing Greenpeace Russia press-secretary Maria Favorskaya.

13:54 26.12.2013

All Arctic Sunrise activists summoned to Investigative Committee - Greenpeace

All 30 Greenpeace activists detained over a protest staged in September at a Russian Arctic oil rig have been summoned to the Russian Investigative Committee, Greenpeace wrote on its Twitter account.

13:54 25.12.2013