Chain reaction

The Greenpeace activists who chained themselves to the anchor chain of a Russian ship bound for a drilling platform in the Arctic ocean (your report, 
28 August) probably didn’t realise the significance of its name.

The ship is named after Anna Akhmatova, the celebrated Russian poet and dissident. Amidst the endless negative news from Russia, it is heartening that her country is honouring Akhmatova.

Otto Inglis

Edinburgh

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