Greenpeace NZ is hopeful two New Zealanders arrested in Russia alongside 28 other activists will avoid piracy charges.
Kiwis David John Haussmann and Jonathon Beauchamp were among those arrested last month after two campaigners tried to board an Arctic oil platform.
A law enforcement source has told Russia's Interfax news agency the group will be charged with "piracy committed by an organised group".
The charge carries a maximum jail sentence of 15 years. However, Greenpeace International's legal team in Murmansk has been informed by authorities that only two activists - US/Swedish national Dima Litvinov, and Finnish citizen Sini Saarela - will charged on Wednesday.
Head of Greenpeace International's Arctic campaign, Ben Ayliffe, said the group has had no formal information about what charges will be laid against the pair.
"Any charge of piracy against peaceful activists would be absurd and have no merit in international nor Russian law," he said in a statement.
The crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise vessel was detained last month over the protest and a court has ordered most of them to be held in custody for two months.
Greenpeace claims the Russian action was illegal because the Arctic Sunrise was in international waters at the time of the raid.
Hopes were raised last week that the activists would not face piracy charges when President Vladimir Putin said it was "completely obvious they aren't pirates".
The New Zealand Embassy in Moscow has advised that Mr Haussmann and Mr Beauchamp are fine and there are no concerns about their detention conditions.
British consular staff are providing assistance to the men on behalf of New Zealand, and are due to visit them on Thursday (local time).
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