Russia charges two Green peace activists with piracy

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Russian authorities charged two Greenpeace activists with piracy on Wednesday over a protest against Arctic oil drilling at a platform owned by state-controlled energy company Gazprom, the environmental group said.

The piracy charges, which Greenpeace said were absurd, are punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

The two who were charged, Brazilian crew member Ana Paula Alminhana and British freelance videographer Kieron Bryan, were among 30 arrested after the protest last month in which a Greenpeace icebreaker approached the Prirazlomnaya platform and two activists tried to scale it.

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/02/uk-russia-greenpeace-idUKBRE99107F20131002

[inch4progress]

1. Russia is like Ron Paul.

They have one good Idea(Banning Gmo's)Paul(Bringing troops home, closing foreign bases) and tons of bad Ideas like this and others, Ron Paul(allowing states to decide whether to legislate homophobia or not, deregulation, getting rid of most government agencies and programs)

[pampango]

2. If Putin is right, they are not guilty.

"The Greenpeace activists who boarded a Russian oil rig are “obviously not pirates,” says President Vladimir Putin."

http://rt.com/news/putin-greenpeace-pirates-arctic-323/

[Eugene]

3. Russia charges five Greenpeace activists with piracy

Source: Agence France-Presse

Russia charges five Greenpeace activists with piracy

(AFP) – 33 minutes ago

Moscow — Russian investigators on Wednesday charged five Greenpeace campaigners with piracy over an open-sea protest against Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group said, calling the move an "outrage".

The charge against the activists -- a Briton, a Finn, a Brazilian, a Russian and a dual US-Swedish citizen -- dimmed hopes that 25 others detained over the protest could be indicted on a lesser charge.

Piracy by an organised group carries a punishment of between 10 and 15 years.

A spokeswoman for the Moscow-based Investigative Committee declined to provide details of the charges, confirming only that the activists from the group's Dutch-flagged Arctic Sunrise icebreaker detained for two months were being charged.

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Read more: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ioSTUCivVpinFPHJd3CPItdaqIBg?docId=cc4c6aa3-2d50-4433-9b84-e1334b18bd75

[dipsydoodle]

4. Oh dear.

I'm thinking Putin may subsequently release them as a gesture of goodwill - hope so anyway.

[davidpdx]

5. Yes, right before the Olympics no doubt

To try to make people forget about his countries nasty anti-gay laws.

[dipsydoodle]

6. Yes - maybe.

Outside of the DU I've not come across any mention whatsoever of that subject which in effect just served to federalise existing regional laws across Russian. Prior to that I have no recollection of anyone ever raising the subject.

Sochi games have been officially approved now too. IOC gives Sochi seal of approval for Russia's Winter Olympics http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/sep/26/ioc-sochi-russia-winter-olympics

[davidpdx]

7. It's hard to believe that the IOC is going to let this happen

Then we have the possibility of a worse nuclear disaster in Japan than has already occurred in 2020 if they don't start taking the decommissioning and clean up of Fukashima.

[peoli]

8. what a joke! n/t

[Eugene]

9. Russia charges 14 Greenpeace activists with piracy

Source: Los Angeles Times

Russia charges 14 Greenpeace activists with piracy

By Sergei Loiko
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.
October 2, 2013, 4:55 a.m.

MOSCOW -- Five Greenpeace activists were charged Wednesday morning with piracy in connection with a protest at a Russian oil platform, an official of the environmental group said.

Roman Dolgov of Russia, Sini Saarela of Finland, Anna Paula Maciel of Brazil, Kieron Bryan of Britain and Dima Litvinov, who has U.S. and Swedish citizenship, were charged with organized group piracy in the northern Russian city of Murmansk, according to Vladimir Chuprov, head of Greenpeace Arctic.

(Updated, 8:55 a.m. PDT Oct. 2: Later Wednesday, an additional nine protesters were charged with piracy as the preceedings continued into the evening.)

The charge can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $15,000.

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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-greenpeace-activists-russia-piracy-20131002,0,4386160.story

[dipsydoodle]

10. All 30 now charged with piracy

All Greenpeace activists in Arctic Sunrise incident accused of piracy

All 30 people on board the vessel Arctic Sunrise have been charged with piracy, the Russian Investigative Committee (SKR) said on Thursday. They deny the accusations of their actions against oil drilling at the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea and refuse to give evidence, the SKR press service said. Meanwhile, the Leninsky District Court in Murmansk is preparing to forward appeals, which have been filed contesting the decision to remand all the activists, to a higher court - the Murmansk Regional Court.

That's from today's RT general news headlines which do not have addressable links.