November 2013: Former Beatle Paul McCartney has written to President Vladimir Putin in a bid to try and help get the Greenpeace protesters, the Arctic 30, home with their families in time for Christmas.
The 30 (28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists) from 18 countries were arrested by Russia in September after taking part in a peaceful protest at Gazprom's oil rig to call attention to the threat of oil drilling and climate change, and have remained in jail in Russia ever since.
Paul says the president has not yet replied but the Russian Ambassador kindly responded saying that their situation ‘is not properly represented in the world media’.
Dear Vladimir,
I hope this letter finds you well. It is now more than ten years since I played in Red Square, but I still often think about Russia and the Russian people.
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