Russian Coastguards Board Greenpeace Ship

A had read that Greenpeace wanted to sail in Russian waters and had not been granted permission. I suspect this follows from that so I would want to here the other side of the story too.

As I understand it, the Russians had not given Greenpeace permission because they didn't want their oil/gas/fracking investigations to be interrupted by Greenpeace activists.

I will try and find the reference.

hear, not here!

Loved the way a crew member is said to have sent a clandestine message to the Beeb during the night. I wonder who took the call. The night porter?

"I'll pass your message on to Mr Humphreys when he gets in sir"

Yep. Thought it would look different from the other side. Here is a passage from the BBC:

"One of the activists told the BBC that about 15 men in balaclavas seized the Arctic Sunrise ship in the Barents Sea.

This comes a day after four Greenpeace members tried to board a Russian oil platform to prevent it from drilling."

So the Greenpeace activists are hardly innocent bystanders.