VIDEO: Russian forces confront Greenpeace activists, fire shots

by Cassady Craighill

September 25, 2013

VIDEO: Russian forces confront Greenpeace activists, fire shots

On September 18, the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise took peaceful action at Gazproms Prirazlomnaya platform to stop it from producing the worlds first oil from icy Arctic waters.

The Russian Coast Guard reacted strongly: after firing warning shots and detaining two activists under armed guard, they then seized the ship and had towed it to the port of Murmansk.

The activists are currently held for investigative questioning by Russian authorities.

See a timeline of the Arctic Sunrise in the Arctic.

Learn more about Gazprom and their Arctic drilling plans.

Learn about activists went to the Russian Arctic.

Tell Russia to release the activists.

Cassady Craighill

By Cassady Craighill

Cassady is a media officer for Greenpeace USA based on the East Coast. She covers climate change and energy, particularly how both issues relate to the Trump administration.

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