Denis Sinyakov and Dimitri Litvinov Outside SIZO 1

Greenpeace International activist Dimitri "Dima" Litvinov (Sweden) and photographer Denis Sinyakov (Russia) outside the SIZO 1 detention centre in St. Petersburg.

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.

The legal proceedings against the Arctic 30 will now come to an end and the 26 non-Russians will be free to return home to their families as soon as they are given exit visas by the Russian authorities.

Unique identifier: GP0STO62P

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/12/2013

Locations: Europe, Russia, Saint Petersburg

Credit line: © Dmitry Sharomov / Greenpeace

Size: 4000px × 2662px 7MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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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' Tight Edit Events

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

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