Posted on 11/13/2013 6:16:38 AM PST by Navy Patriot
MOSCOW, November 7 (RAPSI) Some participants of the Greenpeace raid on a Gazprom drilling platform, dubbed the Arctic 30, may face new charges in the ongoing trial, the Investigative Committees official spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Thursday.
Some of the raiders, in addition to the hooliganism charges, will be charged with resisting law enforcement officials," Markin said in an online interview to Gazeta.ru.
The Arctic Sunrise ship was seized by Russian border guards on September 19 in international waters, within Russia's exclusive economic zone, a day after two Greenpeace activists scaled the Prirazlomnaya drilling rig in the Pechora Sea, the southeastern part of the Barents Sea.
The platform, owned by Gazprom Neft Shelf, a subsidiary of Russian energy giant Gazprom, is the first ice-resistant stationary oil platform in the world set to produce offshore Arctic oil.
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How they should have gotten there.
Absolutely, and the effects continue to be felt to this day: in academia, activist groups, media, unions, CPUSA and the RAT Party. Bill Ayres and his ilk are still peddling this garbage.
Okay Nelson let’er rip “HA ha!” Thank you.
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