Russian Judge Refuses To Free Greenpeace Activist

One of 30 arrested after protest at Arctic oil rig

Reason Staff | 11.18.2013 7:50 AM

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) -- A Russian judge refused Monday to free one of the 30 people arrested following a Greenpeace protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, signaling that all of them could be kept in jail for three more months pending trial.

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Russian Judge Refuses To Free Greenpeace Activist

One of 30 arrested after protest at Arctic oil rig

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