Greenpeace held a promotion against oil production in the Arctic at the Statoil office

Greenpeace held a promotion against oil production in the Arctic from the Office of the Norwegian company Statoil, according to the movement website. About 9:30 on Thursday, three Greenpeis activists, dressed by white bears, stood on the stairs at the entrance to the business center on Paveletskaya Square, where the corporation’s office is located, and, clinging to large oil barrels, launched the banners of the Arctic more than oil! "," We are hostages of your thirsty "and" Brill in our house -" Madness ". Also, in order to attract more attention, they began to knock out a fraction on the barrels.

Statoil employees refused to go to the protesters, but invited their representatives to the office. The coordinator of the Arctic Program Evgeny Belyakova met with the PR- and GR director of the Russian branch of the corporation Svein Olsen and handed him an appeal to the company's management. Olsen said that he understands the requirements of eco -defenders, and promised to transmit the letter.

The police arrived in an hour. Activists were detained and delivered to the Doskoskhovorechy police department.

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On April 1, "Greenpeace" spent similar to the walls of the Kremlin. The activist, dressed by a white bear, set off on a piece of foam to swimming along the Moscow River with the slogans "Save the Arctic!" And "Arctic not for Sale!" ("Arctic is not for sale!"). After about half an hour, the Boat of the Ministry of Emergencies took the eco -defender. The activist was delivered to the Yakimanka police department, from where he was released without drawing up the protocol.

This action "Greenpeace" opened the Arctic campaign does not give up! " In April - May, the organization conducts a collection of signatures under the appeal to the Prime Minister of Norway Jens Stoltenberg demanding that the joint project of Statoil and Rosneft in the Russian Arctic.

In his appeal, Greenpeace accuses Statoil of following double standards. In Europe, this company strictly complies with environmental norms, while beyond its borders it is drawn into the most dangerous projects for the environment, eco -defenders say. "In Norway, oil production in the ice is prohibited. And in Russia, Statoil in partnership with Rosneft intends to drill in the conditions of arctic storms, drifting ice and polar night," the document says.

The decision to launch a joint project is planned to be approved on May 14 at a meeting of Statoil shareholders, the main shareholder of which is the Norway Government. By this time, Greenpeace expects to collect 55 thousand signatures under the appeal. Today, the document has been signed by over thousands of people.

On April 23, Greenpeace filed an application with the Guinness Book of Records for the registration of the Rosneft record in the nomination "The largest number of oil spills in the world." According to official statistics in 2011, 10,700 breakthroughs occurred on Rosneft pipelines. This is ten times more than that of other giants of the oil industry.