Moscow will not participate in the Greenpeace proceedings before the International Tribunal. The Dutch government asks Russia to release 30 activists from the environmental organization – they are at risk following a protest up to 15 years in prison.

Russia wants to boycott a trial before the International Tribunal for the arrest of 30 Greenpeace activists. The Dutch government had called the court, they demanded the immediate release of environmentalists.

Moscow had informed the Dutch government and the ITLOS that it will not participate in the proceedings, citing the state news agency RIA Novosti, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry. The government had in 1997 ratified the UN Convention only partially. You have then stressed to recognize any decisions which limited national sovereignty.

The Hague had called the Tribunal on Monday. A hearing is expected within two to three weeks. The sailing under the Dutch flag ship was on 19 September has been applied in a protest against Russian oil drilling in the Arctic in the Arctic Ocean.

The government in The Hague considers the behavior of the Russian authorities in violation of the international law of the sea. Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans was the application of the “Arctic Sunrise” in early October called “illegal” and announced legal action against Moscow.

The 30 men and women are detained in the port city of Murmansk. Threaten them because of excessive tape piracy each up to 15 years in prison

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