Marco Weber
- Criminal Code
- Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
- Region
- Murmansk Oblast
- City
- Murmansk
- Address for letters
- 196655, Ленинградская область, г. Колпино, Колпинская ул., д. 9, ФКУ СИЗО-1 УФСИН России по Санкт-Петербургу и Ленинградской области "Кресты", Вебер Марко, 1985 г.р.
Case summary
detained in connection with a peaceful action by Greenpeace activists who in September 2013 sailed on the Arctic Sunrise ship to the Prirazlomnaya oil production platform in the Pechora Sea to protest against the development of oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf; the ship was forcibly stopped and all those on board were detained. Charged with piracy, the charge was later reclassified to hooliganism. Held in custody since September 2013 until released on bail in November 2013. Amnestied in December 2013
Others charged under Article 213 part 2, Russian Criminal Code
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