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06th Jun 2015

Pic: Huge anti-Gazprom banner unveiled at Champions League final

Greenpeace strike again

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Gazprom are one of the world’s largest (and richest) fuel companies and, as a result aren’t exactly too popular, with anyone who isn’t sitting on a giant yacht counting their petro-dollars.

They are also one of the sponsors of the Champions League – and often controversial arrangement – which meant that tonight’s final was rife for

And sure enough Greenpeace unfurled a huge banner outside the Olympic Stadium before tonight’s final protesting against drilling in the arctic.

during the UEFA Champions League Final between Juventus and FC Barcelona at Olympiastadion on June 6, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 06:  A banner is displayed outside the stadium prior to the UEFA Champions League Final between Juventus and FC Barcelona at Olympiastadion on June 6, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.  (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

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