Greenpeace activists, one dressed up as a polar bear, holding a banner near the building of the Italian Prime Minister. With this protest Greenpeace is asking for the release of the Arctic 30. The 'Arctic 30' (twenty-eight Greenpeace International activists, as well as a freelance photographer and a freelance videographer) are detained in Russia after a peaceful protest against oil drilling in the Arctic Sea. They have all been charged with piracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years.