Christopher Iain Rogers Released on Bail in St. Petersburg

Greenpeace International activist Christopher Iain Rogers (from UK) is released on bail from the SIZO 1 detention centre in St. Petersburg.

The 'Arctic 30' (twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) face charges of piracy and hooliganism for a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.

The Kalininskiy Court in St Petersburg granted bail to Iain, on Thursday (21th November) pending the payment of 2 million ruble bail. He has now left the detention centre, but the conditions of his bail are not yet fully known.

Unique identifier: GP0STO4M2

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/11/2013

Locations: Europe, Russia, Saint Petersburg

Credit line: © Dmitry Sharomov / Greenpeace

Size: 7360px × 4912px 12MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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'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, and then after more than 100 days of detention the 'Arctic 30' are granted amnesty, and return home.

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