On November 22, 2013, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Tribunal), according to the press release, “ordered that the vessel Arctic Sunrise and all persons detained in connection with the dispute be released and allowed to leave the territory and maritime areas under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation upon the posting of a bond in the amount of 3.6 million euros.”  On October 21, 2013, the Netherlands submitted a request to the Tribunal for the prescription of provisional measures under article 290 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in its dispute with Russia over the arrest and detention of the vessel Arctic Sunrise—an icebreaker which flies the flag of the Netherlands and is operated by Greenpeace International—and its crew by authorities of the Russian Federation.  The Tribunal also ordered the Parties to submit initial reports detailing their compliance with the provisional measures not later than December 2, 2013, and authorized the President “to request further reports and information as he may consider appropriate after that report.”  According to a news report, the Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement that the Tribunal has “no jurisdiction over its criminal prosecution” of the thirty Arctic Sunrise crew members.