Denis Sinyakov Detention Hearing In St. Petersburg

Press await freelance photographer Denis Sinyakov (from Russia) at his detention hearing at the Kalininskiy Court, in St. Petersburg. He is one of the 'Arctic 30' that have been arrested by Russian authorities following a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic. The Russian Investigative Committee is applying to keep the 'Arctic 30' in prison for a further three months while they investigate their alleged crimes.

Unique identifier: GP04YTO

Type: Image

Shoot date: 18/11/2013

Locations: Europe, Russia, Saint Petersburg

Credit line: © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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'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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