The development came as a court in thenorthern city of Murmansk rejected bail applications for two more of theso-called “Arctic 30” who stand accused of piracy following a protest againstGazprom in the Pechora Sea last month.

CCTV footage and images released byGreenpeace on Friday claim to show six people clad in balaclavas scaling afence outside an office in Murmansk that the group is using as it tries tofree the 30 activists arrested a month ago on board its flagship vessel ArcticSunrise.

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