The court in the Hague ordered Russia to pay the Netherlands €5.4 million in connection with the case Arctic Sunrise
The international Tribunal ruled that Russia must pay the Netherlands €5.4 million plus interest for the detention in 2013 of the vessel Arctic Sunrise owned by Greenpeace, and 30 activists of the organization. About it reports Reuters.
The decision on compensation rendered an arbitral Tribunal consisting of five persons. In 2015, the Tribunal ruled that Russia was responsible for the incident in accordance with the UN Convention on the law of the sea. The Russian side did not participate in the consideration of this case.
Recall, September 18, 2013 environmentalists Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise approached the oil platform Prirazlomnaya, owned by Gazprom. Several activists tried to climb onto the rig, but was detained by border officers.
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The ship was towed to Murmansk, the entire crew was arrested and charged with piracy. October 23, the official representative of the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said that the actions were reclassified under article “hooliganism”. In November all the accused were transferred from remand prisons in Murmansk region in Saint Petersburg prison. By November 28 all participants of the ecological action was released on bail of 2 million rubles for each. At the end of December all members of the crew was released under an Amnesty in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Russian Constitution.