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  Russia To Go Ahead With Release Of More Captive Whales Despite Outcry

  Russian research scientists defended the way they released eight whales back into the wild last week and said on Thursday they would release scores more of the captive animals in the same way despite anger from environmental groups.

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  Locals Eating Radioactive Food 30 Years After Chernobyl: Greenpeace Tests

  Economic crises convulsing Russia, Ukraine and Belarus mean testing in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has been cut or restricted, Greenpeace said, and people continue to eat and drink foods with dangerously high radiation levels.

• Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise Ship Returns to Warm Welcome

  Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship arrived home to a warm welcome in The Netherlands on Saturday, almost a year after it was seized by Russia during a protest against Arctic oil drilling.

• Russia Court Cages Violate Rights: European Ruling

  A European court on Thursday ordered Russia to pay damages for putting defendants in metal cages in court, a practice it condemned as "degrading treatment." The enclosures have held opposition figures, Greenpeace activists and untold numbers of less-prominent suspects across the country.

• Russia to Free Arctic Sunrise Ship: Greenpeace

  Russia in a "surprise move" is to release Greenpeace's Dutch-flagged Artic Sunrise ship, seized last year after a protest against Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group said on Friday.

• Dutch Arrest 30 Greenpeace Activists Blocking Russian Tanker

  Dutch police on Thursday arrested around 30 Greenpeace activists, including the captain of the lobby group's flagship Rainbow Warrior, as they tried to stop a Russian tanker delivering Arctic oil from docking.

• Greenpeace activist 'even more dedicated' after Russia ordeal

  A Greenpeace activist who spent more than two months in prison in Russia said on Friday the ordeal had made her "even more dedicated" to saving the Arctic environment.

• Six more Greenpeace activists leave Russia

  Five British Greenpeace activists and one Canadian flew out of Russia on Friday following an amnesty which halted their prosecution for a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, the environmental group said.

• First Greenpeace activist departs Russia

  A first Greenpeace activist was on a train out of Russia on Thursday, more than three months after he was arrested along with 29 fellow crew members of a ship protesting against Arctic oil drilling.

• First Greenpeace activist gets visa to leave Russia

  Russia on Thursday started issuing visas to foreign crew members of a Greenpeace protest ship and dropped the criminal case against the last member of the 30-strong team.

• Russia drops all but one case against Greenpeace activists

  Russia on Wednesday dropped all but one of the cases against 30 crew members of a Greenpeace protest ship following a Kremlin-backed amnesty.

• Russia drops charges against Greenpeace activists

  Russia on Wednesday formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest against Arctic oil drilling on Wednesday.

• Freed Pussy Riot member dismisses Vladimir Putin's amnesty as "PR stunt"

  Pussy Riot punk band member Maria Alyokhina walked free from jail on Monday, immediately dismissing the Kremlin's amnesty that granted her early release as a stunt that would not change her attitude to President Vladimir Putin.

• Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina released from Russian jail

  Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, walked free from jail on Monday under an amnesty allowing her early release from a two-year sentence for a protest in a church against President Vladimir Putin.

• Mikhail Khodorkovsky starts life as a free man in Germany

  Russia's most famous prisoner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, began life as a free man in Germany on Saturday after his surprise pardon by President Vladimir Putin.