Greenpeace activists held in Russia being moved to St Petersburg

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Source: Reuters

MOSCOW, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Thirty people arrested in Russia over a protest against Arctic oil drilling were moved from the northern city of Murmansk on Monday on their way to pre-trial detention centres in St. Petersburg, federal investigators and Greenpeace said.

The transfer, which follows a reduction of the charges against 28 activists and two journalists, may be aimed to curb international criticism of Russia over what the environmental group says was a peaceful protest.

Activists have reported being confined for 23 hours a day in bleak, sometimes ice-cold cells in Murmansk, a port city above the Arctic Circle whose remote location complicates access for lawyers and consular officials.

The Kremlin has essentially rejected Greenpeace head Kumi Naidoo's offer to come to Russia and stand as security for their release of the detainees, who come from 18 nations on five continents.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/11/russia-greenpeace-idUSL5N0IW0U620131111

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1. I asume they will have different punishments for each

Presumably they will be judged as individuals because there's a difference in the way they could control what was going on. Evidently the captain and the boarders are in hot water, bit the others may get out of jail after a short while.