UK FAMILIES TO MEET FCO MINISTER
AS TRANSFER OF ARCTIC 30 TO ST PETERSBURG BEGINS11 November, 2013London, 11th November 2013 – Arctic 30 moved by train from Murmansk to St Petersburg as families of UK nationals meet with minister at...
View ArticleGlobal day of action to #FreeTheArctic30
On Saturday 16 November, 1000s will take to the streets in a global day of action to free the Arctic 30 and there are over 50 events planned in the UK. 28 activists and two freelance journalists were...
View ArticleArctic 30: Your questions answered
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Jonas ScheuAs the Arctic 30 reach day 55 of their detention, pressure grows around the world for their release. Messages of support have flooded in via social...
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View ArticleTen reasons why Shell are complicit in the detention of the Arctic 30
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceIn a recent press statement Shell said they had"zero-point-zero percent to do with the situation in Russia." Here are ten reasons why they are 100% involved in...
View ArticleEx-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney publishes letter to Putin calling for release of...
14 November, 2013Amsterdam, 14 November 2013 - Sir Paul McCartney has today published his personal correspondence to Vladimir Putin, in which the ex-Beatle calls for the Arctic 30 to be reunited with...
View ArticleGlobal day of action to #FreeTheArctic30
On Saturday 16 November, 1000s will take to the streets in a global day of action to free the Arctic 30 and there are over 50 events planned in the UK. 28 activists and two freelance journalists were...
View ArticleARCTIC THIRTY CAMPAIGN AT SMITHDOWN ROAD
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View ArticleGazprom's emergency ships take a break from “permanent” duty
All rights reserved. Credit: GazpromGazprom, the Russian oil company that claimed the Arctic 30 carried something “resembling a bomb”, are not famous for safety. However, their news site claims that...
View ArticleDay of action to #FreeTheArctic30
On Saturday 23 November, people will take to the streets again in a day of action to free the Arctic 30.This week saw many of the Arctic 30 being granted bail, however, all 30 still face charges of...
View ArticleThe last of the Arctic 30 gets bail
All rights reserved. Credit: Dmitri Sharomov / GreenpeaceAmazing news! This morning Colin Russell was in court in St Petersburg to appeal the decision that he should not be released on bail. Not even...
View ArticleArctic 30: they're home!
All rights reserved. Credit: David Sandison / GreenpeaceHome at last: Anthony, Kieron, Alex, Iain and Phil arrive in LondonImage caption: Home at last: Anthony, Kieron, Alex, Iain and Phil arrive in...
View Article"Thank you very much for your kind words, love and care" - Marco's letter to...
All rights reserved. Credit: © Denis Sinyakov / GreenpeaceSwiss activist Marco Weber, who is currently being held in a Russian prison along with 29 others following the storming of the Arctic Sunrise...
View ArticleShell and Gazprom - partners in Arctic drilling?
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View ArticleIt started with Gazprom and it ends with Gazprom
All rights reserved. Credit: GreenpeaceIt took one call from the crew on Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya rig to have an armed squad of Russia’s special forces there within an hour. The very next day, Russian...
View ArticleYou can’t sink a rainbow, you can’t seize a sunrise
All rights reserved. Credit: © John Cobb / GreenpeaceAlex Harris at the Greenpeace office in LondonImage caption: Alex Harris at the Greenpeace office in London I trembled as I walked through the...
View ArticlePresident Vladimir Putin announces first shipment of Arctic oil from ‘Arctic...
18 April, 2014Russian President Vladimir Putin today announced that state owned energy company Gazprom has launched the first ever shipment of oil from offshore Arctic waters to Europe. In a telephone...
View ArticleGreenpeace ‘Arctic 30’ activists trying to block Russian Arctic oil tanker in...
1 May, 2014A group of 80 activists supported by the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior are attempting to stop Gazprom’s oil tanker Mikhail Ulyanov from delivering the first ever oil from icy Arctic...
View ArticleGreenpeace ship boarded and 44 activists arrested at Gazprom oil protest
1 May, 2014The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has been boarded by Dutch security agents in the port of Rotterdam, who broke down the door of thecommunications room and towed the ship to shore...
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