Arctic 30 Activists Leave Russia

Greenpeace International activists Jonathan David Beauchamp (right) and David John Haussmann (both New Zealand) leave for the departure lounge at Saint Petersburg airport, Russia bound for New Zealand after receiving their exit visas from the Federal Migration Service to allow them to leave Russia.

The Duma has officially adopted an amendment that extends an amnesty decree to defendants who have been charged with hooliganism. It therefore includes the Arctic 30 (28 activists and two freelance journalists) who were arrested, following a peaceful protest at a Gazprom-operated Arctic oil platform.

Unique identifier: GP0STO682

Type: Image

Shoot date: 27/12/2013

Locations: Europe, Russia, Saint Petersburg

Credit line: © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Size: 4992px × 3328px 14MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Shoot:

'Arctic 30' in Saint Petersburg

The 'Arctic 30' (twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) are transferred to Saint Petersburg. Already detained in Murmansk for almost two months the 'Arctic 30' face charges of piracy and hooliganism for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling in the Pechora Sea. This shoot includes the 'Arctic 30' being released on bail, and then after more than 100 days of detention the 'Arctic 30' are granted amnesty, and return home.

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'Arctic 30' Part 3 - After Release on Bail and Amnesty (All Photographers)

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