Protest ship in tow

MOSCOW: Russian border guards were yesterday towing a Greenpeace ship to an Arctic port where its activists could face charges for a protest on an oil rig owned by the Gazprom energy giant. The Arctic Sunrise , which Russian security forces stormed in a dramatic helicopter operation on Thursday, is to arrive in the Russian Far Northern port of Murmansk today, the group and officials said. Thirty activists from the group, including four Russians, ‘‘may have committed piracy’’, which carries a prison term of up to 15 years, Russian officials said. AFP