30.11 Dutch Authorities Ready to Bail Arctic Sunrise Out – Greenpeace

MOSCOW, November 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Netherlands has prepared a bank guarantee of 3.6 million euros ($4.8 mln) in compliance with a ruling by an international court ordering Russia to release the Arctic Sunrise ship and its 30-member crew, Greenpeace said on its Russian website Saturday.

The environmental group said the announcement was made by Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans on Friday.

“The Netherlands has now fulfilled its part of the Tribunal's binding order and Russia is obligated to also comply by releasing the ship and the Arctic 30, as the Tribunal so ordered,” the statement quoted Jasper Teulings, General Counsel at Greenpeace International, as saying.