Voice of America: Putin Signals Lighter Charges For Greenpeace Arctic Protests

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Putin Signals Lighter Charges For Greenpeace Arctic Protests Sep 25th 2013, 23:05, by webdesk@voanews.com (James Brooke) Facing international outcry over the jailing of 30 Greenpeace activists in the Russian Arctic, President Vladimir Putin sent a signal to prosecutors for leniency. "It is obvious they're not pirates," he said Wednesday at an Arctic conference in Salekhard. "However, formally, they tried to seize our platform." Salekhard is 500 kilometers southeast of  the Pechora Sea, where Greenpeace activists tried last week to board Russia's only offshore oil production platform in the Arctic. ... Media files: 45EB7AE8-B25B-4E8D-91B5-DC1B4EBC7202_cx0_cy0_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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