These annoying liberal hippies use the luxuries modernity has brought but seek to destroy the means by which the are produced. I rejoice at their failure. But I would mention Russia is using the same over-prosecution technique Florida used on George Zimmerman. Governments use this heavy handed trick to force others to their will. The idea in Zimmerman’s case was to get him to plea to a lesser charge. But his case caught fire and people contributed to his defense. Otherwise he’d be rotting in jail, which in his case is most likely a death sentence.
In this instance the Russian plea deal will probably be that Greenpeace go annoy somebody else, preferably American oil companies. If the Russians really suspected piracy they’d have shot them all on the spot. (Here’s a video of how Russians treat pirates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjdBp167q0 )
The weakness of the comparison is that Zimmerman was, by all accounts, innocent from the get go.
It appears these feral beings are guilty from the get go.