The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has, however, offered a possible olive branch to the so-called “Arctic 30” who have all been charged with piracy over an Arctic drilling protest, as it said Russia is “open to settling the situation”.
Russian forces detained the 28 protesters and two freelancers on board Greenpeace’s flagship vessel Arctic Sunrise in the Pechora Sea last month following a failed attempt to scale a Gazprom Neft Shelf-operated drilling platform.
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