Russia tows Greenpeace ship into Murmansk

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Russia's powerful Investigative Committee on Tuesday said a piracy probe had begun against activists on board the captured Greenpeace ice breaker Arctic Sunrise as it was towed into port by Russian tug (the tug is pictured above in a Greenpeace photo taken from the Arctic Sunrise).

Agents of Russia's Federal Security Service had stormed the Arctic Sunrise on Thursday after two activists from Finland and Switzerland climbed onto a Gazprom oil platform in the Pechora Sea, northwest of Russia's Arctic coastline, an area prized for its fisheries and wildlife.

"It should be noted that all persons who attacked the [oil] platform, regardless of their citizenship, will be brought to criminal responsibility," said committee spokesman Vladimir Markin on Tuesday.

Greenpeace rejected the allegations and demanded that its activists be freed. Its branch in Germany said members had protested outside Gazprom offices in Berlin as part of a campaign to stop oil drilling in the Arctic.

A Russian tugboat had towed the Dutch-flagged vessel into Murmansk after its Greenpeace captain refused to steer it while the entire crew remained locked in the mess or dining area.

http://www.dw.de/russia-tows-greenpeace-ship-into-murmansk/a-17109310

A winter in Murmansk should be most enjoyable.

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1. What the hell is that comment supposed to mean?

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2. Russian legal proceedings are likely to take months

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3. I understand that.

The glibness of your response seemed to indicate you didn't mind that or was happy about it.

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4. I'm willing to let the Russian judicial system work.

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6. In other words, fuck Greenpeace and the environment.

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7. They were warned.

Greenpeace: Russia Expels Our Ship, Threatens to Shoot

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023539108

Russia waited until two of them climbed onto a Gazprom platform before busting them.

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9. Ever hear of cicvil disobediance during the Civil Rights Movement?

The type of people who should be on this board would not have cheered their arrest, even if their were warned.
Should protestors at the Olymics against Russia anti-gay crusade be jailed also?
Far center = Right, I believe

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10. Civil disobedience during the Civil Rights Movement often involved arrest and jail

Practitioners of civil disobedience expect to be arrested and must have a plan for how to deal with arrest and its consequences.

In seeking an active form of civil disobedience, one may choose to deliberately break certain laws, such as by forming a peaceful blockade or occupying a facility illegally, though sometimes violence has been known to occur. Protesters practice this non-violent form of civil disorder with the expectation that they will be arrested. Others also expect to be attacked or even beaten by the authorities. Protesters often undergo training in advance on how to react to arrest or to attack, so that they will do so in a manner that quietly or limply resists without threatening the authorities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_disobedience

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11. Did you read my post???

Would you have cavalierly cheered on their being arrested, as you seemed to do here.
Also, an honest request, what do you mean by "FarCenter"?

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8. Something tells me that if the US had done this to Greenpeace at an oil rig in Alaska,

the reaction here would not be, "Hey, they were warned." At least I hope that would not be the reaction here.

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5. I hear that Putin took his shirt off and pulled the vessel up to the dock all by himself.

He's so dreamy!