Dimitri Litvinov and Roman Dolgov Released On Bail

Dimitri "Dima" Litvinov (from Sweden/USA on left) and Roman Dolgov (Russia) hold a banner reading: 'Save The Arctic' as they are released on bail from the SIZO 1 detention centre in St. Petersburg.
The Kalininskiy Court in St Petersburg granted bail to Dimitri and Roman on Friday (22th November) pending the payment of 2 million ruble bail. They have now left the detention centre, but the conditions of their bail are not yet fully known. They are 2 of the 'Arctic 30' (28 activists and two freelance journalists) arrested in September 2013 by Russian authorities following a peaceful protest at a Gazprom operated Arctic oil platform in the Pechora Sea.

Unique identifier: GP0STO4LM

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/11/2013

Locations: Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia, Saint Petersburg

Credit line: © Vladimir Baryshev / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Shoot:

'Arctic 30' in Saint Petersburg

The 'Arctic 30' (twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) are transferred to Saint Petersburg. Already detained in Murmansk for almost two months the 'Arctic 30' face charges of piracy and hooliganism for a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling in the Pechora Sea. This shoot includes the 'Arctic 30' being released on bail.

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'Arctic 30' Part 2 - Saint Petersburg and Release on Bail (All Photographers)

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