Russia’s Investigative Committee has closed the criminal case against the activists of the environmental organization Greenpeace, staged on a platform of “Prirazlomnaja” in the Pechora Sea.
This was announced on Wednesday a spokesman said, “Greenpeace Russia” Mary Tabor. According to her, to close the case to the investigator, investigating the case on the Arctic Sunrise, a lawyer Greenpeace. “The investigator is a property that we have not returned, in particular, laptops and crew of the ship’s equipment, but we all promised to return in the near future”, – she said.
The Investigative Committee of Russia has confirmed the information close the criminal case against environmentalists. The department explained that this was due to the amnesty of all the accused.
Recall that in September 2013, Greenpeace activists arrived in the Pechora Sea on an icebreaker Arctic Sunrise. They held a protest at the oil platform “Prirazlomnaja” opposing the oil in the Arctic. The activists climbed by cables on nefteplatformu and hung a banner on it.
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A ship under the escort of the Russian border guards was taken to the port of Murmansk. On board was a multinational crew of 30 people, including four Russians, as well as citizens of the USA, Canada, Finland, Brazil, Denmark and other countries.
All of the protesters were arrested and later detained for two months in jail . First activists accused of piracy, but then the article has been changed to “hooliganism.” In December last year, the activists were released from custody under an amnesty marking the 20th anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Icebreaker Arctic Sunrise after 10 months of arrest, returned to Amsterdam and is now being repaired.
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