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Russia ready to kick out Greenpeace

Greenpeace activists board the Gazprom oil drilling platform Prirazlomnaya off the northeastern coast of Russia in the Pechora Sea in September 2013. The group was trying to prevent the Russian company from drilling in the sensitive area. (Photo: AFP)

MOSCOW: Russia on Friday declared the environmental group Greenpeace an “undesirable organisation”, effectively banning it from operating in the country.

In a statement, the Prosecutor General said Greenpeace had tried to “interfere in the internal affairs of the state” and was “engaged in anti-Russian propaganda” by calling for sanctions against Moscow.

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