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December 27, 2013

First Greenpeace Arctic 30 Members Leave Russia 
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Members of the Greenpeace Arctic 30 have begun leaving Russia after
charges were formally dropped earlier this week. The group of 28
activists and two journalists were jailed for two months for trying to
stop Russian oil drilling in the Arctic. On his way home to Sweden,
activist Dmitri Litvinov vowed to remain involved in anti-drilling
protests.

Dmitri Litvinov: "I'm glad that this chapter is over, but the book still
remains to be written. As long as there is threat for the Arctic, as
long as multinational companies, like Gazprom, like Shell, like Exxon,
and the puppet regimes are intent on raping the Arctic, we will
certainly continue to fight against that and to work towards a sane
future."

 

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