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August 24, 2012

Greenpeace Activists Occupy Russian Oil Rig in Arctic 
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Six activists with the environmentalist group Greenpeace have occupied a
Russian oil rig to protest drilling in the Arctic. The rig belongs to
the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom, which is set to become the
first company to produce Arctic oil through drilling operations in the
Pechora Sea. Greenpeace says its members have enough supplies to last
them for days. The group includes Greenpeace's executive director, South
African activist Kumi Naidoo.

 

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