Don't Trust, Don't Fear, Don't Beg: The Extraordinary Story of the Arctic 30

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by Ben Stewart


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  INDEX

  Akhan, Gizem, in SIZO-1, Murmansk 198

  Akhmatova, Anna 277, 278

  Alexander (lawyer) 243, 263

  Alexei (inmate) 101, 108, 109–10, 211

  imprisonment of 110

  Allakhverdov, Andrey, in SIZO-1, Murmansk 110–11, 125

  Amnesty International, Litvinov Sr alerts 86

  Anders, William 1

  Andrews, Iris 136

  Andropov, Yuri 95

  Anton (inmate) 282, 295, 305, 310, 311, 317

  Arctic:

  ‘always been Russian’ 176

  calls for sanctuary status of 346–7

  as planet’s air conditioner 131

  Russian platform in, see Arctic 30 activists/crew; Prirazlomnaya platform

  and Russian seabed flag 129, 170, 176

  Arctic 30 activists/crew:

  accused of being CIA 49

  and Amnesty Bill 329–33

  bail applications for 290–1, 296–300, 302–4, 305–11, 319; granted, see individual activists/crew

  calls to Russian embassies for release of 134

  campaign to free: apology statement drafted by 173–4; appeals launched by 155, 179–80; Christensen made leader of 51–2; and Christensen’s global sources 168; Emergency Day of Solidarity 134–5; further global action by 193, 296–7; Gazprom stations shut down by 139; global co-ordination by 136–7; global hubs of 135; London hub of 135–6; and UEFA Champions League game 137–9

  charges against 204

  eventual numbers calling for release of 346

  families called from Arctic Sunrise by 53

  hashtag devised for 50

  initial interrogations of 57–8

  Investigative Committee HQ arrival of 56

  Investigative Committee tries to split 252

  jail arrival of, Murmansk 68–9

  jail arrival of, St Petersburg 276–7

  jail sentences pronounced on 65–6

  London homecoming of members of 335–6

  Moscow march for release of 208

  Murmansk arrival of 55–6

  Nobel laureates’ plea for 199

  piracy charges against 5, 58, 101, 109, 121, 147; hooliganism substituted for 204–6

  post-release bonds among women of 323

  post-release confinement of 328

  Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights offers to act as guarantor for 263

  at Prirazlomnaya protest 19–28

  prison psychologist’s meeting with 119–20

  prison transfer of 270–3, 275–6; prospect of 257–8, 260, 264, 267–9

  Russian citizens complain about detention of 129

  smuggled letters to and from 159–60

  state broadcaster’s news reports on 110–11

  supplies got to 162

  thirtieth day of imprisonment of 193

  Tutu’s letter concerning 198

  see also Arctic Sunrise

  Arctic Sunrise:

  film footage of Russians’ raid on, see camera memory card, footage on

  FSB’s drugs-find claim concerning 189–93

  guns fired towards 25–6, 28–9

  ITLOS orders release of 322

  Prirazlomnaya hailed by 21

  Prirazlomnaya platform observed by 11–12

  RHIBs launched from 11–12

  Russian occupation of 31–41

  Russians’ aggressive radio messages to 14

  Russians disable comms systems of 37

  towing of, to Murmansk 41–7

  see also Arctic 30 activists/crew

  Argus 342, 348

  Artamov, Andrey 8

  Auden, W.H. 93

  Ayliffe, Ben 33, 136, 172, 186–7, 289, 302, 306

  and FSB’s drugs-find claim 190

  ‘Babinski, Mr’ (smuggler) 160, 163, 205, 226

  Ball, Phil:

  and Amnesty Bill 332

  appeal of 181

  bail application of 319; granted 321

  camera memory card hidden and smuggled out by, see camera memory card, footage on

  cell of 73

  jail arrivals of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  jail sentence pronounced on 66

  leaves Russia 334–5

  and Mikhail Ulyanov 340, 347–8

  at Prirazlomnaya protest, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  prison messages of 85, 102

  release of, on bail 321–2, 325–6

  and Russian seizure of Arctic Sunrise, see under Arctic Sunrise

  in SIZO-1, Murmansk 73, 75, 79, 85, 102, 144, 155–6, 202, 262; and cell searches 163; and Gulag Gazette 212–15; and ‘Why I am not a hooligan’ letter 205–6

  in SIZO-1, St Petersburg, awaiting paperwork for release 321, 325

  strip-searched 71

  and Winter Olympics campaign design 172

  see also Arctic 30 activists/crew

  Beauchamp, Jon, in SIZO-1, Murmansk 263

  Beránek, Jan 297–8, 299, 302, 303, 306, 307–8

  Bolshevik Revolution in 90

  Boris (inmate) 7–10 passim, 109, 112–15, 122–3, 142, 148, 194–5, 202, 206, 251–2, 267–8, 269

  charges against 6

  described 5–6

  Borman, Frank 1

  BP:

  Deepwater Horizon platform of, see Deepwater Horizon platform

  Northstar drilling operations of 128

  Brezhnev, Leonid 95, 96

  Bronshtein, Lev 89 (See also Leon Trotsky)

  Brownell, Sonia 93

  Bryan, Kieron:

  appeal of 181

  camera memory card hidden by 45

  cell of 71–2

  described 71

  and fellow inmate (Ivan) 72–3

  girlfriend of (Nancy) 182

  jail arrivals of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  jail sentence pronounced on 66

  leaves Russia 334–5

  marriage of 343

  at Prirazlomnaya protest, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  prison messages of 85

  and Russian seizure of Arctic Sunrise, see under Arctic Sunrise

  in SIZO-1, Murmansk 71–3, 74–5, 79, 85, 100

  Cairn Energy 127–9, 131

  camera memory card, footage on 43–4, 155–6, 163–4, 181

  Christensen downloads 182

  handed to ‘Mona’ 181

  handed to Rondal 182

  shown to ITLOS Dutch delegation 261

  TV stations transmit 261–2

  Camp Artek 247

  Chaplin, Charlie 244

  Chilingarov, Artur 129–30, 176

  Christensen, Mads, 128, 135, 137, 167–8, 185, 289, 290–1, 302–3, 306

  and Amnesty Bill 331

  bail amount proposed by 291

  first, most urgent task of 52

  and FSB’s drugs-find claim 190–1, 193

  global sources run by 168

  leadership of campaign to free Arctic 30 handed to 51–2

  London HQ connection to office of 135

  and Naidoo’s letter to Putin 186–8

  Christensen, Nora 135–6

  Chuprov, Vladimir 192

  Cold War 244

  Daily Mail 273–4

  D’Alessandro, Cristian:

  at gunpoint 23

  release of, on bail 315

  Davies, Andrew 50

  Davis, Ruth 136, 168–9, 173, 345

  and Sixsmith 168–72

  Day-Lewis, Cecil 93

  Deepwater Horizon platform 83, 87, 127–8, 133

  Desert Island Discs 342

  Dillais, Louis-Pierre 247

  Dolgov, Roman 8–10

  appeal of 179–80; and judge’s silly antics 180

  arrest of 8

  bail application of 319; granted 321

  calendar made by 144

  described 76

  jail sentence pronounced on 65


  release of, on bail 321–2

  and Russian seizure of Arctic Sunrise, see under Arctic Sunrise

  in SIZO-1, Murmansk 8–9, 10, 76–8, 115, 123–4, 144; video link from, to court appeal 180

  in SIZO-1, St Petersburg 287

  see also Arctic 30 activists/crew

  doroga (road), see SIZO-1 isolation jail, Murmansk

  Dubček, Alexander 94, 95

  Dzerzhinsky, Felix 174

  Dzhugashvili, Josef, see Stalin, Joseph

  Eells, Josh 246, 249

  Esperanza 128

  European Parliament, call of, for Arctic sanctuary 347

  Exxon 87

  Fainberg, Viktor 95

  Federal Security Bureau (FSB) 50, 55, 121, 147, 239–40, 291

  drugs-find claim of 189–93

  Litvinov interviewed by 207–11, 252–5

  and possible raid on Greenpeace office 185–6

  Putin appointed to head 175

  suspected false intelligence from 168

  see also Russia

  Fedotov, Mikhail 263, 287–8

  Finland, call of, for Arctic sanctuary 347

  First Circle, The (Solzhenitsyn) 92

  French secret service 15

  Gagarin, Yuri 247

  Galich, Aleksandr 94

  Gazprom 8, 16, 131–2, 344

  campaigners shut down stations of 139

  continuing demonstrations against 197–8

  Izvestia owned by 257

  lies from 49

  as proxy for Kremlin 137

  Putin congratulates 339–40

  TV channel owned by 87

  and UEFA Champions League game 137–9

  Germany, Nazi government in 91

  Gold, Nina 122, 147, 148–9, 195, 251, 311, 329, 343

  Golitsyn, Vladimir 261

  Gostev (security official) 255–6

  Greenpeace:

  and Amnesty Bill 329

  Arctic Sunrise’s occupation communicated to 42

  Cairn campaign of, see Cairn Energy

  campaign of, to free Arctic 30, see Arctic 30 activists/crew: campaign to free

  crew’s relatives contacted by 44

  growth of, in size and scope 248–9

  Hewetson’s history of sailing with 12

  initial actions of, after Arctic Sunrise occupation 49–51

  lawyers assembled by 50

  Mail article on 273–4

  North Pole sanctuary plan of 130

  possible bugging of 51

  possible raid by FSB on 185–6

  Putin furious with 168

  TV programme’s claims against 87

  youth movement pickets office of 198–9

  Gulag Archipelago, The (Solzhenitsyn) 276–7

  Gulag Chronicle 212–18, 226

  Gulag Gazette 212–15

  Gulf of Mexico oil spill, see Deepwater Horizon platform

  Gumilev, Lev 277

  Hamilton, Neil 136, 167

  Harper, Stephen 130

  Harris, Alex:

  in Amazon 83

  appeal of 183

  bail granted to 310

  becomes Greenpeace volunteer 83

  cell of 70–1

  email to parents from 29–30

  in Galápagos Islands 83

  jail arrivals of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  jail sentence pronounced on 66

  leaves Russia 334–5

  parents called from Arctic Sunrise by 53

  prison transfer of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  and Russian seizure of Arctic Sunrise, see under Arctic Sunrise

  in SIZO-1, Murmansk 70–1, 78–9, 81–4, 116–17, 124–5; ‘curling tongs’ sent to 162, 163; Speziale’s tapping code with 84, 145, 204

  in SIZO-5, St Petersburg 282–3, 299–300

  SIZO-5, St Petersburg 285–6

  strip-searched 70

  tweet of 38–9

  Willcox’s reunion with 319

  see also Arctic 30 activists/crew

  Harris, Cliff 82, 183

  Harris, Lin 82

  Haussmann, David 65

  Hewetson, Frank:

  and Amnesty Bill 333

  arrest of 8

  bail granted to 311

  and Cairn Energy 129

  ‘Colonel’ sobriquet of 13

  diary entries of: post-release 328–9, 333, 335, 342–4; in SIZO-1, Murmansk 156–7, 159, 193, 194–5, 197, 202–3, 206–7, 251–2, 267; in SIZO-1, St Petersburg 281–2, 295, 305, 309–10, 311, 317

  and father’s wartime experiences 196

  grappling hook skewers 12–13

  jail arrivals of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  jail sentence pronounced on 87

  leaves Russia 335

  memory stick hidden by 45

  other activists blame 272–3, 275, 281–2, 328

  panic attack suffered by 6, 149–54

  piracy charge put to 120

  plane’s take-off blocked by 12

  post-release diary entries of 328–9, 333, 335, 342–4

  post-release family reunion for 329

  postponement of hearing concerning 67

  power stations broken into by 12

  Prirazlomnaya platform observed by 11–12

  at Prirazlomnaya protest, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  prison transfer of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  release of, on bail 317–19

  ‘review’ of prison by 220–2

  Russian commandos kick 33

  and Russian seizure of Arctic Sunrise, see under Arctic Sunrise

  in SIZO-1, Murmansk 5–10, 100, 101–2, 109, 112–15, 119–23, 142, 147–50, 154, 219–20; and Arctic Sunrise film footage 262; diary entries of 156–7, 159, 193, 194–5, 197, 202–3, 206–7, 251–2, 267; Popov’s interview with 220–3

  in SIZO-1, St Petersburg 280–2, 317–19; British consuls visit 292–3; diary entries of 281–2, 291, 295, 305, 309–10, 311, 317

  Sunrise crew first met by 15–16

  suspicious hotel man followed by 325–6

  tuna protest of 13

  US bans 12

  and Valium 5, 6

  wife’s letter to 147, 148–9

  see also Arctic 30 activists/crew

  Hewetson, Joe 195, 206, 251, 329, 342, 343

  Hewetson, Michael 195–7

  Hewetson, Nell 195, 206, 311, 329, 342, 343

  Hitler, Adolf, Molotov signs pact with 91

  House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) 244–5

  Human Rights Watch, Litvinov Sr alerts 86

  Hurricane (RHIB) 20, 23–4

  in SIZO-1, St Petersburg, officials’ tour of 285–6

  Independent on Sunday 221

  International Herald Tribune 93, 256

  International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Kremlin contemptuous of 263–4

  International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) 155, 260–1, 263, 290, 322

  ITLOS, see International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea

  Ivan (inmate) 72–3, 74–5, 79, 269

  Izvestia 255–7

  Jensen, Anne Mie, release of, on bail 313–14

  Kenyon, Laura 185, 191

  Khodorkovsky, Mikhail 64, 176, 330, 345

  King, Martin Luther 245–6

  Kopelev, Lev 91–2, 93, 94, 97, 300

  Korean War 244

  Kresty jail, see SIZO-1, St Petersburg

  Kulluk platform 132

  Ladoga 11, 12, 20

  Arctic Sunrise challenged by 21

  Saarela and Weber detained on 26–7

  shots fired by 25–6, 28–9

  Larisa (lawyer) 178–9

  Lawson, Dominic 273–4

  Lenin, Vladimir 89

  Lenin’s Tomb (Remnick) 96

  Leonid (inmate) 75

  Liddle, Rod 274

  Litvinov, Anitta 97, 226, 300

  Litvinov, Dimitri (Dima):

  bail application of 320; granted 321
/>   border guard’s exchange with 334

  boss cell’s circular to 103–4

  described 13

  exile childhood of 96

  father compares protests of, with own 344

  father discovers fate of 86–7

  fist of fear felt by 143

  grandfather of, see Kopelev, Lev

  great-grandfather of, see Litvinov, Maxim

  homophobia fears of 54

  initial interrogation of 57–9

  jail arrivals of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  jail sentence pronounced on 87

  Kresty governor’s gift to 321

  leaves Russia 333–4

  letter of, to son 300–1, 309

  other activists blame 272–3, 281–2, 328

  piracy charge put to 58–9

  postponement of hearing concerning 67

  previous arrests of 46, 274

  Prirazlomnaya hailed by 21

  prison transfer of, see under Arctic 30 activists/crew

  release of, on bail 321–2

  and Russian seizure of Arctic Sunrise, see under Arctic Sunrise

  Siberia upbringing of 13

  in SIZO-1, Murmansk 99–108, 109–10, 141, 143, 207–12, 252, 257–60; and discovered letters 225–8, 240–1; and FSB 207–11, 252–5; letters smuggled from 161; library discovered by 143; messages of 102; Popov’s interview with 232–41; and prison psychologist 227–8; and punishment cell 229–32; and radio report heard in cell 60–1; and smoking 211–12

  in SIZO-1, St Petersburg 279–80, 287–8, 300–1, 309

  smoking quit by 343

  strip-searched and fingerprinted 60

  US move of 97

  see also Arctic 30 activists/crew

  Litvinov (née Low), Ivy 90

  Litvinov, Lara 97

  Litvinov, Lev 97, 230, 300–1

  Litvinov, Maxim 89, 90–1

  Litvinov (née Kopelev), Maya 93, 96

  US move of 97

  Litvinov, Pavel 85–7, 92–8, 320, 323–4, 344–5

  and FSB’s drugs-find claim 192–3

  Izvestia letter of 255–6

  and KGB 93, 95, 96, 255–6

  and son’s bail application 319–20

  tried and convicted 95–6, 344

  US move of 97

  Lost Child of Philomena Lee, The (Sixsmith) 169

  Lovell, Jim 1

  McCarthy, Joe 244

  McCartney, Paul 199–200

  Maciel, Ana Paula 303–4

  bail application of 305–6; granted 306

  release of, on bail 312

  Mafart, Lt Col. Alain 248

  Mao Tse-tung 244

  Marina (inmate) 283, 286

  Mears, Ray 342

  Medvedev, Dmitry 143

  Men’s Journal 249

  Menuhin, Yehudi 93

  Mikhail Ulyanov 340–2, 347–8

  Mitterrand, François 248

  Molotov, Vyacheslav 91

  Moore, Henry 93

  Moruora 15

  Murray, Rachel 136

  Naidoo, Kumi 167, 322

  and ‘Bagel’ meeting 173

 

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