Three of the Britons arrested by Russian authorities during a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling have been released from detention in St Petersburg.
Activists Alex Harris and Anthony Perrett and journalist Kieron Bryan are the first of six Britons to be freed on bail. Three Russian nationals were freed on Monday.
Thirty people, including the six Britons aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, were detained after the protest in September.
Fellow Britons Frank Hewetson and Iain Rogers have also been granted bail, but have yet to be freed. The sixth, Philip Ball, was due to have his bail application heard on Friday.
Speaking after his release, Mr Bryan told Sky News it felt "very, very good" to be free.
"It's good to be outside and see the sky for the first time for a while," he said.
Anthony Perrett following his release "To everyone who's supported me and the rest of the group: Keep fighting, we're not free yet, this is first step. It's a glimmer of justice, but it's not finished."
He said being imprisoned had been "tough" and that he was looking forward to "a long shower" and "never doing another Sudoku again" and "an improved diet".
All 30 of the accused were initially charged with piracy but are now accused of hooliganism, which carries a shorter maximum jail term of seven years.
Greenpeace on Thursday unveiled giant portraits of those arrested - the "Arctic 30" - outside the London offices of oil giant Shell.
The protest group said it was drawing attention to Shell and its Russian partner Gazprom's planned joint venture to drill for oil in the Arctic.
John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace UK, said: "Shell and Gazprom are not equipped to drill in the Arctic without causing catastrophic damage to the unique ecosystem.
"But what makes their Arctic plans so blindly stupid is that they're only able to drill there because of the huge loss of Arctic sea ice from climate change."
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