I double-dog dare'em
Posted on 08/21/2013 10:50:07 PM PDT by TexGrill
MOSCOW (AFP) -- Greenpeace said Wednesday that Russia had denied its ship access to Russian Arctic waters to hide the extent of its lucrative energy exploration work in the fragile ecosystem.
The global environmental lobby group said its Arctic Sunrise icebreaker intended to enter the Northern Sea Route to protest at work being conducted jointly by Russia's Rosneft energy giant and its US partner ExxonMobil.
Arctic Sunrise confronted the Rosneft-contracted Akademik Lazarev last week near the Barents Sea as the Russian vessel was performing powerful seismic sounding tests.
The environmental watchdog said Russian authorities had refused it permission to enter the Northern Sea Route on three separate occasions citing concerns about the ship's ability to withstand thick ice.
"This is a thinly veiled attempt to stifle peaceful protest and keep international attention away from Arctic oil exploration in Russia," Greenpeace Arctic campaigner Christy Ferguson said in a statement.
"The decision to deny us entry to the Kara Sea is completely unjustified and raises serious questions about the level of collusion between the Russian authorities and the oil companies themselves."
Russia's transport ministry did not issue an immediate comment.
Greenpeace said Rosneft and ExxonMobil currently had six vessels in the area conducting survey work under an agreement signed between the two world energy majors in August 2011.
"None of the six oil exploration vessels operating for Rosneft and ExxonMobil in the area has an ice classification as high as the Arctic Sunrise," the Greenpeace statement said.
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Envirowackos vs Commies... Pass the popcorn please.
“None of the six oil exploration vessels operating for Rosneft and ExxonMobil in the area has an ice classification as high as the Arctic Sunrise,” the Greenpeace statement said.
Probably true, also true none of them are run by eco terrorists.
Deny every one of the creeps oxygen!
Make them all shark dinner.
“Envirowackos vs Commies... Pass the popcorn please.”
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Excuse me, but it is EnviroCommies vs Russia.
Russia has not been a Communist country for quite a few years now.
Russian homies don’t play. Sail right in there Greenpeace, I dare ya.
While Zero plays silly card games like Spades - Putin plays for keeps.
Those greennies better be careful. They are not dealing with a spineless Obama. Putin will help them meet Davy Jones if they screw with his Country..
Anything that p!sses off Greenpeace makes me smile.
Maybe I’ll move to Russia.
I wonder if there ever will be a Snowden neighborhood in Moscow for conservative expat Americans in Russia. I’m certain when Hillary enters the White House, there will be many new arrivals moving to the “Snowden Community Villa.”
“peaceful protest” means scaling the oil rigs and committing sabotage?
Somebody better tell Puttikins that.
I’m liking the Russkies more and more each day.
Aw, ain’t that a shame? Tell ya what “Greenpeace’’, go tell ol’ Uncle Vladimir Putin that he’s been ever so mean! He’ll see to it you get to go to the Arctic— and stay there.
Just be glad you could sail out in one piece...
Finally...some one standing up to these eco-bullies. May their ship develop a large leak.
The Frenchies put one of their boats on the bottom a few years ago.
Yeah. The Frenchies.
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