Comments 
Print 
Mail 
Large Medium SmallMOSCOW - Russian Investigative Committee has filed piracy charges against 18 of 30 Greenpeace activists who were detained for two months.
Fourteen activists were charged on Wednesday and four more on Thursday, the Itar-Tass news agency quoted the Greenpeace's press service as saying.
"The others are still staying at the investigation department. All arrestees are provided with lawyers and interpreters," it said.
The activists had attempted to stage a protest on September18-19 against oil extraction on the Prirazlomnaya oil platform in the northern Pechora Sea in Russia's exclusive economic zone. But they were detained by Russian authorities before they could carry out the protest.
Greenpeace lawyers have appealed all the indictments, the Interfax news agency quoted the court's spokeswoman Irina Berezina as saying.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 20100000002731 
