ST. PETERSBURG -- Five Greenpeace activists have been arrested at the French Embassy in Moscow while protesting the docking of a French ship in St. Petersburg that is carrying nuclear waste, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.
Several Greenpeace members also picketed the French Consulate in St. Petersburg today.
The protesters told RFE/RL the waste will be transported to a chemical plant in the western Siberian city of Seversk for processing. They carried such placards as "France, leave your waste in your own backyard!" and "Russia is not a dumping ground!"
Maria Musatova, the Greenpeace press spokeswoman in St. Petersburg, told RFE/RL that France was the only country that sends its nuclear waste to Russia.
She said a German company stopped sending nuclear waste to Russia last year after nongovernmental organizations and activists protested against the shipments.
Several Greenpeace members also picketed the French Consulate in St. Petersburg today.
The protesters told RFE/RL the waste will be transported to a chemical plant in the western Siberian city of Seversk for processing. They carried such placards as "France, leave your waste in your own backyard!" and "Russia is not a dumping ground!"
Maria Musatova, the Greenpeace press spokeswoman in St. Petersburg, told RFE/RL that France was the only country that sends its nuclear waste to Russia.
She said a German company stopped sending nuclear waste to Russia last year after nongovernmental organizations and activists protested against the shipments.
