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Greenpeace activists in jail

The thirty men and women detained by Russian authorities for their role in a Greenpeace stunt against an Arctic oil platform are being moved from a detention centre in Murmansk to prison in St Petersberg, Greenpeace said.

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Russia 'drops piracy charges against Arctic activists'

Russia has dropped piracy charges against 30 people involved in a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling, Russian news agency Itar-Tass news agency report.

Greenpeace activists and two journalists have been in prison in Russia since September 21. Credit: Greenpeace

The charges have been dropped from piracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years to hooliganism, which has a lesser punishment, Itar-Tass said.

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