MOSCOW, October 9 (RIA Novosti) – The head of Russia’s powerful Investigative Committee said Wednesday that piracy charges against 30 detainees from a Greenpeace ship could be expanded after reports that drugs have been found aboard the vessel.
“Considering the data received during the investigation, the charge already pressed against all [the detainees] will presumably be modified,” Vladimir Markin told reporters. He added that a number of defendants in the case will be charged with “committing other grave crimes.”
Russian authorities detained the group of environmentalists and journalists last month after activists from the Arctic Sunrise icebreaker staged a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, with some of them attempting to scale a Russian oil platform.
All the detainees, comprising nationals of 18 countries, have been charged with piracy.
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