MONTREAL – Three Greenpeace protesters who scaled Montreal’s Biosphere structure in support of detained activists in Russia will face criminal charges.
Montreal police say the three, who climbed the giant globe-like structure to hang a banner, will be in court in late February on mischief charges.
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They came down on their own and surrendered to police after several hours perched from the federally owned dome.
Two Canadians were among the 28 Greenpeace activists arrested by Russian authorities during a protest at a Gazprom oil-drilling platform in the Arctic Circle more than two months ago.
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A Russian photographer and a British videographer were also detained. The accused have been held in a Russian prison since and face charges of piracy and hooliganism.
One of the two Canadians – Quebecer Alexandre Paul – remains behind bars while Ontarian Paul Ruzycki was granted bail earlier this week.
Paul is expected before the court on Thursday.
A Greenpeace spokesperson said the group is surprised by the silence of the Harper government, which it says still has not publicly intervened to denounce the attitude of the Russian government in the arrests.
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