According to Greenpeace, armed officers of the Coast

According to Greenpeace, armed officers of the Coast Guard seized belonging to a company icebreaker Arctic Sunrise Thursday. It was an empty day after two activists were removed from the platform "Prirazlomnaja" and detained on charges of protest, which Foreign considered extremist. The Russian Federal Security Service reported that the convoy ship registered in Amsterdam with 27 people on board in Murmansk, could last until Monday. Their fate will be decided by your local Department of the Investigative Committee. The Russian authorities may accuse the crew of criminal offenses. "In this incident the discretion of an offense under article 227 of the Criminal Code (piracy), which relates to the jurisdiction of the Investigative Committee of Russia" - the official website of the UK on Friday. Under Russian law, piracy is punishable by a prison term of 15 years. Greenpeace says it Friday morning had no contact with the crew, because the security forces damaged the means of communication. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the actions of environmentalists "were aggressive and provocative and had the outward signs of extremist activity that can result in death and other serious consequences."

REUTERS