Six campaigners staged a dramatic pre-dawn raid on Gazprom early today, clambering onto the company's floating production base in the Pechora Sea.
Russian officials refused to allow the vessel to enter the Northern Sea Route which Greenpeace dubbed 'a thinly veiled attempt to stifle peaceful protest'.
Greenpeace concern as firefighters say they cannot extinguish 3 year blaze with smoke visible from space.
Greenpeace claims up to 300 times more territory in Siberia is ablaze than officially acknowledged.
Russian news outlets carry blank pictures to highlight concern over detention of Denis Sinyakov.
Map of shame: Greenpeace highlights junk and debris in dozens of sites across the 'pristine' environment.
A quarter of all Russian forests, 89% of stocks in Sakha Republic, could be left to burn, even though they are essential to fight global warming.
Both Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund are expressing grave concern at the risk of contamination in the Pechora Sea.
Russian president's flight to Salekhard delayed after airport closed by freezing rain.