Saturday, August 24, 2013

The Arctic nightmare Russian authorities don’t want you to see

I’m on board the Greenpeace icebreaker Arctic Sunrise, about to cross into an area of the Arctic that Russian authorities don’t want us to see. They’ve contravened international law by denying our ship access to an important sea route and tried to shut us out - tried to shut you out.But with the world watching and millions of Arctic defenders at our sides, we are defying the Russian authorities, claiming our rights to bear witness and to protest, and entering the Kara Sea.We know roughly what’s behind the curtain:Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft. A company few people outside Russia have heard of, but which is now one of the world’s largest oil companies and one of the world’s largest source of oil spills on land.American oil giant Exxon. Famous for the devastating Exxon Valdez spill, this profit hungry monster has partnered with Rosneft to take advantage of weak legislation and a lack of accountability in Russian waters.The Russian Arctic National Park.



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