It’s a tense and dramatic moment on the high seas of the Russian Arctic.
Just hours ago, a helicopter descended suddenly on the Greenpeace International ship Arctic Sunrise, where we were protesting against Gazprom’s plans to drill for oil in these pristine and remote waters. Armed officials of the Russian Coast Guard stormed the ship, holding 25 activists on their knees at gunpoint. Seconds later, communications from the ship were cut off.
Viktor Chirkov, Admiral: We have come, or rather permanently returned, to where we belong, because it is originally Russian land. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will fully implement the task of permanent military presence in the Arctic to secure the legal access of the country to resources and spaces of this region. This will be a constant presence. For the first time ever all Russia's surface ships - including 'Pyotr Veliky' and icebreakers 'Yamal,' 'Vaigach,' large landing ships 'Aleksandr Shabalin,' 'Admiral Nevelskoy,' 'Peresvet,' 'Novocherkassk,' 'Minsk' and 'Nikolay Fylchenkov,' large anti-submarine ship 'Admiral Panteleyev,' escort vessel 'Neustrashimy,' guard patrol ship 'Smetlivy and guided-missile cruiser 'Moskva,' 'Taimyr' and '50 Let Pobedy,' were combined. We must reestablish Arctic aviation and infrastructure, both on the mainland and the islands.
"The Terror you inspire and the Pride of your Heart has deceived you, O Dwellers in the Clefts of the Rock, who Occupy the Heights of the Hill, who says in his Heart, 'Who will bring me down to Earth?' Though you may rise High like the Eagle and though you set your Nest among the Stars, from there I will bring you down, declares YHVH" (Obadiah 1:3-4 Multilingual, Jeremiah 49:16 Multilingual).
"And all Edom [2 Samuel 8:14 Multilingual] and Sedom became Servants of David bearing an Offering" (2 Samuel 8:2 Multilingual).
Translation: "The United States of America which is called, according to The Spirit, 'In the Name of Sedom and Egypt,' where also their Lord was crucified" (Apocalypse 11:8 Multilingual).
אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית שֶׁל אַמְרִיקָה הַנִּקְרֵאת כְּפִי הָרוּחַ בְּשֵׁם סְדוֹם וּמִצְרַיִם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁם נִתלָה על הַעֵץ גַּם־אֲדֹנֵיהֶם
