Posted on 10/30/2013 3:00:39 AM PDT by TexGrill
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) – Russian authorities have filed hooliganism charges against at least five more Greenpeace activists detained last month during a protest at a state-owned oil rig in Arctic waters, the environmental organization said.
Greenpeace said on its Twitter account that Anthony Perrett of the UK and Russian freelance photographer Denis Sinyakov have been “presented with hooliganism charges by Russia's Investigative Committee.”
Earlier in the day, Greenpeace spokeswoman Maria Favorskaya said the same charges had been brought against Argentinean nationals Miguel Hernan Perez and Camilla Speziale and Colin Russell of Australia.
A dozen other activists have been charged with hooliganism since last week.
The hooliganism charges are being pressed after Russian authorities said they would drop the initial accusation of piracy against the so-called Arctic 30: a group of 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists currently being held in pre-trial detention in the northern Russian city of Murmansk.
Hooliganism is punishable by up to seven years in prison, while the maximum punishment for piracy in Russia is 15 years.
Russian investigators earlier said some of the detained activists could face additional charges, including “assault on an official on duty.”
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So 22 or more years in the clink (hopefully Siberia) for these eco-nuts?
Well, at least they can breathe fresh air in Siberia. They spent their entire lives fighting urbanization since that cause pollution and now they can live in one of the world’s most remote regions, as they are forced to chop down trees so they can keep warm. Ironic isn’t it?
The proper charge is PIRACY.
Using the environmental wacko movement as a political weapon of the LEFT was spawned by the KGB. So now that Russia has to deal with them is hugely ironic. And hilarious.
Seems we missed the boat on “Hooligan” laws. We could have eliminated the whole “Occupy” thing. Oh wait. They are holders and zeros people. Never mind.
It’s also ironic how these lefties are being treated by the very type of government they want.
Should have kept the original PIRACY charges!
Do Russian naval vessels have yardarms?
lol Totalitarianism ain’t a Workers Paradise.
The proper charge is PIRACY.
You got that right!
Do they run the more than 5,000 HP worth of engines on this ship on diesel? While protesting oil production? Really?
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/campaigns/ships/the-arctic-sunrise/
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