Arctic 30 Transported from Murmansk Detention Center

A prison van is seen leaving a Murmansk detention center to transport the Arctic 30 to the train station.
The Arctic 30 (28 Greenpeace International activists and a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) are being detained by Russian authorities following a peaceful protest against Arctic oil drilling.

Unique identifier: GP04XWV

Type: Image

Shoot date: 11/11/2013

Locations: Eastern Europe, Murmansk, Russia

Credit line: © Igor Podgorny / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Shoot:

'Arctic 30' in Murmansk

The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise is towed into Murmansk port by a Russian Coast Guard vessel following its arrest after a protest against oil drilling operations carried out by Gazprom in the Pechora sea on September 18th. The crew onboard (the 'Arctic 30') has been arrested and is facing charges of piracy and hooliganism. The shoot includes images of the 'Arctic 30' during various court hearings in Murmansk.

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'Arctic 30' Part 1 - Action and Murmansk Detainment (All Photographers)

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