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Greenpeace ship boarded and 44 activists arrested at Gazprom oil protest

Last edited 1 May 2014 at 4:41pm
1 May, 2014

The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has been boarded by Dutch security agents in the port of Rotterdam, who broke down the door of thecommunications room and towed the ship to shore after it intercepted a Russiantanker carrying Arctic oil to Europe.

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Last edited 1 January 1970 at 1:00am
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President Vladimir Putin announces first shipment of Arctic oil from ‘Arctic 30’ protest rig

Last edited 18 April 2014 at 6:00pm
18 April, 2014

Russian President Vladimir Putin today announced that state owned energy company Gazprom has launched the first ever shipment of oil from offshore Arctic waters to Europe. 

In a telephone call with Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller - who was onboard the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Arctic’s Pechora sea - President Putin reportedly said that the shipment represents a “further expansion of Russia's presence in global energy markets”.

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