Russia rebuffs journalists call for Greenpeace activist’s release held in jails somewhere unknown

Russian journalists call for release of Greenpeace photographer

Several dozen journalists took to the streets of Saint Petersburg to demand the release of Denis Sinyakov, detained on piracy charges along with the crew of a Greenpeace ship after an Arctic oil drilling protest. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Detained Swiss Greenpeace activist defiant over Russia protest

A Swiss Greenpeace activist in custody in Russia for scaling an oil rig to protest Arctic drilling is unbowed, saying in a letter published Sunday that Moscow’s reaction showed the need for the stunt. “The aggressive and unjust behaviour is from the Russians.”