Court orders Russia to pay Dutch 5.4 mln euros for Greenpeace ship

Jul 18 2017

Court orders Russia to pay Dutch 5.4 mln euros for Greenpeace shipRussia must pay 5.4 million euros ($6.25 million) in damages to the Netherlands for the 2013 seizure of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship during an oil drilling protest, international judges revealed Tuesday. The sums include 1.69 million euros for damage to the Dutch-flagged Arctic Sunrise, and 2.46 million euros for "the material damage" suffered by 30 Greenpeace activists and journalists detained by the Russian authorities.