Russia 3, Greenpeace 2.
Greenpeace Activists Destroying Crops That Feed Poor People. Murder?
I like the Russians. You spend enough time studying a foreign people, you sort of fall in love with them, because that’s the beginning of understanding them and their country in any real sense. The accent is on liking the people rather than the leadership, who’re what you’re supposed to be focusing on. Despite how brutal their leadership has been at times, it mostly reflects their citizen’s take on things, especially when it comes to foreign relations.
There’s a well-founded tradition in Russia of being suspicious of any foreigners and their intentions with regard to Mother Russia. It possibly started after the Russian revolution of 1917, when the Western Powers ganged up to invade them in some sort of quixotic effort to restore the hated Romanov dynasty and get Russia back into the war. The only foreigner Stalin ever trusted was Hitler, which is why he went into catatonic shock…
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Power To The People 
I also like the Russians and admire their spirt of survival in spite of their totalitarian leaders.
It is no coincidence that the intent of AGW was first grasped by someone who had lived under those leaders, the President of the Czech Republic.
Oliver K. Manuel