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Chernobyl: Putin’s war in Ukraine renews nuclear dangers and memories of 1986 disaster
Tuesday 26 April marks the anniversary of one of the most significant events in the history of Ukraine and all of Europe. On that day in 1986, a routine safety test…
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Call received to freeze Russian oligarch assets in Aotearoa
Alongside the veteran protest yacht Vega today in Auckland’s Waitematā Harbour, Greenpeace Aotearoa Programme Director Niamh O’Flynn presented a petition to Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control, Phil Twyford, calling…
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Hon Phil Twyford to accept petition to Freeze Oligarch Assets
On Monday 11th April in Auckland, Greenpeace will present a petition to Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control, Phil Twyford calling on the New Zealand Government to “freeze oligarch assets”…
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VIDEO: The Aotearoa Peace Flotilla converges on Alexander Abramov’s luxury Helena Bay retreat
On March 5 we called on the Government to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs here in Aotearoa to help apply pressure to end Vladimir Putin’s grotesque war on Ukraine.
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Greenpeace to present ‘freeze oligarch assets’ petition to Government
Greenpeace will present a petition to Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control, Phil Twyford calling on the New Zealand Government to “freeze oligarch assets”. The presentation will be at the Maritime Museum in The Viaduct alongside the veteran protest yacht SV Vega from where Greenpeace set sail to join the peace flotilla.
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Fossil Fuels are fuelling war
Human-induced climate change and the war on Ukraine have the same roots : fossil fuels and our dependence on them” said Ukrainian climate scientist Svitlana Krakovska as Russia, one of
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Russia Sanctions by New Zealand off to a limp start
The New Zealand Government has announced its first set of sanctions in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine but Greenpeace says they have missed the most obvious target.
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Ukraine Peace Flotilla reaches oligarch retreat in Helena Bay
Following an early morning karakia conducted by locals in Whangaruru Harbour, the Ukraine Peace Flotilla has reached Helena Bay in Northland where Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov has his luxury retreat.
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Case for freezing Abramov’s assets grows stronger as Ukraine peace flotilla nears Helena Bay
The justification for sanctioning New Zealand’s wealthiest Russian investor, Alexander Abramov is growing stronger by the day according to Greenpeace Aotearoa which has today released a list of points to…
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Ukraine Peace Flotilla on its way with call to freeze oligarch assets
The Ukraine Peace Flotilla set sail from Auckland this morning with “No War” banners flying.