First Greenpeace activist departs Russia
By Olga Maltseva
Dec. 26, 2013
Saint Petersburg (AFP) – A first Greenpeace activist was on a train out of Russia Thursday, more than three months after he was arrested along with 29 fellow crew members of a ship protesting against Arctic oil drilling, an AFP journalist saw.
Dmitri Litvinov, a Swedish-American of Russian origin, left Saint Petersburg for Finland’s capital Helsinki on a train departing at 8:25 pm (1625 GMT) after Russia issued exit visas for 14 of the crew following a pardon by President Vladimir Putin.
Most of the activists who received visas are expected to leave Russia on Friday, according to a Greenpeace statement.
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Published on Nov 8, 2013
Greenpeace has just released previously unseen video of the moment on September 19 when the campaign group’s ship Arctic Sunrise was boarded and seized by Russian naval forces.
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