Russia files piracy charges against Greenpeace:
"Russian investigators said Tuesday that they will file piracy charges against
Greenpeace activists who tried to climb onto an offshore drilling platform in the Arctic
owned by the state-controlled gas company Gazprom.
The activists are on a Greenpeace ship, the Arctic Sunrise, that was seized last
week by the Russian Coast Guard and towed Tuesday into a port near Murmansk.
It was unclear how many of the 30 activists from 18 countries face piracy charges,
which carry a potential prison sentence of up to 15 years and a fine of 500,000
rubles (about $15,500). The Investigative Committee, Russia's federal investigative
agency, said it would question all those who participated in the protest and detain
the "more active" among them."
See:
http://news.msn.com/world/russia-fil...nst-greenpeace