Greenpeace activists climb Russian Arctic oil platform
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Six activists from Greenpeace scaled a Gazprom oil platform on Friday to protest against the Russian energy giant's Arctic drilling plans and were sprayed with icy water in an effort to chase them away, th e environmental group said.
The activists, including Greenpeace's global chief Kumi Naidoo, climbed the platform at the Prirazlomnoye oil field after reaching it in inflatable speedboats from a Greenpeace ship nearby at about 4 am (midnight GMT). (Reuters)
