Briton Alexandra Harris has been freed on bail after she was arrested over attempts by Greenpeace to occupy the Prirazlomnaya oil platform in an Arctic-oil protest.
As she heard the news Ms Harris skipped for joy and said: "This has been the hardest experience of my life. I'm really happy. It's not over yet but there's light at the end of the tunnel.
"It's nice that the Russian's made the right decision. I love my parents and look forward to speaking to them soon".
Russian special forces arrested the protesters at gunpoint in September A Greenpeace spokesperson said of the protesters: "I'm so proud, they're doing so well. It's amazing, look at her, she's been in prison for two months and she's still strong.
"We need to remember they're still charged with really horrible charges and we've no clue as to the next steps, so we're not celebrating yet. But that moment when they say they're released on bail is quite amazing".
As she was earlier led into the courtroom by police, Ms Harris had told supporters she felt "trapped inside a political game".
Speaking from a metal cage she told Sky's Katie Stallard: "I will not dishonour Greenpeace or my country by trying to flee Russia or the investigation."
British journalist Kieron Bryan's bail application will be heard today Ms Harris said she was nervous and that the past two months had been "horrible".
"When I talk about the last two months it's hard not to get emotional," she said. "The conditions (in prison) at first were awful and the food was disgusting.
"The conditions are better now but it's still prison, I'm still trapped, I can't speak to anyone, (I'm) cut off from the world; it's no better".
Two other Britons - Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett and video-journalist Kieron Byron - will have similar applications for bail heard by the court later today.
British activist Iain Rogers was denied bail at a hearing in October Dutch protester Faiza Oulahsen and the ship's captain, Pete Wilcox, where also granted bail this morning but Australian activist Colin Russell was denied bail at an earlier hearing and will be kept in detention until February.
A total of thirty people aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise were detained after the protest in September, including six Britons. They were initially charged with piracy but are now accused of hooliganism, which carries a maximum jail term of seven years.
Sini Saarela of Finland and Francesco Pisanu of France were granted bail yesterday but British activist Iain Rogers, the Arctic Sunrise engineer, was refused bail at a hearing in October.
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:: Watch Sky News for live coverage of the hearing.
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