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| Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett from Newport freed | Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett from Newport freed |
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| A Greenpeace activist from south Wales has been freed after being detained at a prison in Russia. | A Greenpeace activist from south Wales has been freed after being detained at a prison in Russia. |
| Anthony Perrett, 32, from Newport, was arrested in September on hooliganism charges with 29 others after a protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig. | Anthony Perrett, 32, from Newport, was arrested in September on hooliganism charges with 29 others after a protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig. |
| Greenpeace said Mr Perrett has gone to an undisclosed location in St Petersburg and is with fellow campaigners and friends. | |
| The crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise originally faced piracy charges. | The crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise originally faced piracy charges. |
| The organisation said Mr Perrett is the first Briton to be released from detention in St Petersburg. Eleven others have also been granted bail. | |
| A further 15 have had bail approved and are awaiting formal release. | |
| All 30 still face possible trial on charges of hooliganism over the protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig owned by the Russian company Gazprom. | |
| Mr Perrett's partner, Zaharah Ally, told BBC News of her joy and relief at speaking to him. | |
| "His lawyer gave him his phone so he could call me from the car. | |
| "He said that he had been very anxious, just waiting to hear about his release. He had made very good friends with his cell mate - and he had been watching the same rat outside his cell window," she said. | |
| "He has not had a briefing yet. | |
| "He was happy and in quite good spirits. | |
| "It was lovely to speak to him. It was lots of giggles, laughter and my first question was 'how are you'? We just chatted and caught up - it's the longest we've ever gone without speaking to each other. We were very excited to hear from each other." | |
| Ms Ally said Mr Perrett has been told he will have to remain in St Petersburg and she is expecting to travel to Russia as soon as possible. | |
| The Daily Telegraph has tweeted Mr Perrett told reporters on his release: "I'd do it all again." | |
| Departure unclear | |
| On Thursday, the BBC reported Russian prosecutors suddenly stopped opposing bail, and the judges started setting the campaigners free. | |
| It is still unclear if they will now be allowed to leave Russia. | |
| The Arctic Sunrise, with a crew from 16 countries, was seized by the Russian authorities on 18 September. | |
| Five Britons have been granted bail but are still in custody: Frank Hewetson, Iain Rogers, Alex Harris, Kieron Bryan and Anthony Perrett. | |
| Bail has been approved for the ship's US captain, Peter Willcox, as well as Ukraine's Ruslan Yakushev; Turkey's Gizem Akhan; Canada's Alexandre Paul and Paul Ruzycki; the Netherlands' Faiza Oulahsen and Mannes Ubels; Switzerland's Marco Weber; Argentina's Miguel Orsi; and New Zealand's Jonathan Beauchamp. | |
| One detainee, Australian radio operator Colin Russell, was ordered to remain in pre-trial detention until 24 February. Greenpeace is lodging an appeal. | |
| The other three people still waiting for their bail hearings are Phil Ball from the UK, Roman Dolgov from Russia and Dima Litvinov from Sweden. |