By Peter Simpson PUBLISHED: 08:00 EST, 14 November 2013 | UPDATED: 19:57 EST, 14 November 2013 Paul McCartney has asked Vladimir Putin to release 28 Greenpeace activists arrested for scaling an oil rig. The former Beatle reminded the Russian president that his 1968 single Back in the USSR was positive about the Soviet Union – and he wanted the favour returned. In a letter, he said the White Album song also had a line about how good it was to come home and the protesters deserved the same thing. Sir Paul McCartney has written a personal letter to the Russian president calling for the release of Greenpeace activists
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Former-Beatle told Putin campaigners should be reunited with families
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Arctic 30 have were transferred this week to a prison in St Petersburg
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They face charges of hooliganism after protesting against drilling in Arctic
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