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Russia shrugged off Dutch legal action over its detention and prosecution of Greenpeace activists for piracy on Saturday as protesters took to the streets

"The Netherlands today began an arbitration procedure on the basis of the (United Nations) Convention on the Law of the Sea," Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans

Russia charged 30 people with piracy after Greenpeace activists tried to board an Arctic oil platform as OAO Gazprom said the protest threatened to have

The piracy charges, which Greenpeace said were absurd, are punishable by up to 15 years in

“Charges will be filed shortly,” the Investigative Committee in Moscow said on its website today, although they seem to be backing away from the

Freedom of the press is something that I as an American, and many other countries, are extremely fortunate to enjoy.  This freedom has held our government and

It’s clear that the entire spectrum of opinions is covered when it comes to the arrest of the Greenpeace activists on September 19th. Some people are

Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) — OAO Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas exporter, plans to sign contracts for at least 80 percent of the liquefied natural gas

SALEKHARD, Russia, Sept 25 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday Greenpeace activists arrested for staging a protest at Russia’s

Environmental activists who conducted a protest at a Russian Arctic offshore oil platform last week will be prosecuted and could face piracy charges that are

UPDATE: 10:50 EST – An armed Russian security team has just fast-roped on to the Greenpeace vessel Arctic Sunrise and “are breaking into our comms

“Imagine you’re that activist. For a moment, in the middle of the chaos of protesting in the frigid Arctic ocean, you lock eyes with a Russian

An Olympic organizing committee in Russia unveiled plans today to take the Olympic torch relay to the North Pole ahead of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in

The ports of Dunkirk in northern France and Zeebrugge in Belgium have been shortlisted by Russia's Yamal LNG project in a tender to find a transshipment

Greenpeace accused Russia on Monday of trying to block its protest against offshore drilling in the mineral-rich but ecologically fragile Arctic after Russian

Beachgoers in Russia got a little more than they bargained for when a massive military hovercraft made an unexpected landing on a crowded beach. Only in

Aug. 9 (Bloomberg) — OAO Novatek, Russia’s second-biggest natural-gas producer, rose the most in five weeks in Moscow trading after earnings beat

(Note: Click HERE to visit our forum for the full discussion of this article) UPDATE Jan. 24, 2013: Cannibal Rat-Infested Ghost Ship Story Hijacks the Internet

(Reuters) Russia has deployed a naval unit to the Mediterranean Sea, it said on Thursday, a move President Vladimir Putin said was to defend Russian security

By Oleg Vukmanovic LONDON, April 11 (Reuters) – The partners in Russia’s Yamal liquefied natural gas project are in talks to ship cargoes to