Arctic Sunrise seized by Russian security agents

[Jesus Malverde]

Previously unseen footage shows the moment the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise was boarded and seized by Russian security agents in international waters on September 19.

The footage shows Greenpeace International activists and crew responding peacefully with arms raised and how the ship was subsequently towed to the port of Murmansk.

A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman suggested the Netherlands should not have allowed the Greenpeace icebreaker the Arctic Sunrise, registered in the Netherlands, to set sail for a protest in September against drilling in the Arctic. All 30 people on board the Arctic Sunrise were detained by Russian authorities after activists attempted to scale the rig, which belongs to state-owned gas giant Gazprom.

http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_11_08/Russia-Criticizes-Dutch-Over-Arctic-Sunrise-Amid-Royal-Visit-2057/

[malthaussen]

1. So when did seizing a ship on the high seas stop being piracy? n/t