Members of the Greenpeace Arctic 30 have begun leaving Russia after charges were formally dropped earlier this week. The group of 28 activists and two journalists were jailed for two months for trying to stop Russian oil drilling in the Arctic. On his way home to Sweden, activist Dmitri Litvinov vowed to remain involved in anti-drilling protests.

Dmitri Litvinov: “I’m glad that this chapter is over, but the book still remains to be written. As long as there is threat for the Arctic, as long as multinational companies, like Gazprom, like Shell, like Exxon, and the puppet regimes are intent on raping the Arctic, we will certainly continue to fight against that and to work towards a sane future.”