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| Greenpeace journalist Kieron Bryan discusses prison 'shock' | Greenpeace journalist Kieron Bryan discusses prison 'shock' |
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| A Briton jailed in Russia after being arrested on a Greenpeace ship said his imprisonment was a "baptism of fire". | A Briton jailed in Russia after being arrested on a Greenpeace ship said his imprisonment was a "baptism of fire". |
| Video journalist Kieron Bryan and four other Britons arrested by Russian authorities were freed on bail on Friday after two months in detention. | Video journalist Kieron Bryan and four other Britons arrested by Russian authorities were freed on bail on Friday after two months in detention. |
| Mr Bryan said he and the activists had laughed when a pre-trip briefing raised the possibility of piracy charges. | Mr Bryan said he and the activists had laughed when a pre-trip briefing raised the possibility of piracy charges. |
| Greenpeace's John Sauven defended the decision to send the team to protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic. | Greenpeace's John Sauven defended the decision to send the team to protest against drilling for oil in the Arctic. |
| He said awareness had been raised about the issue. | |
| Mr Bryan, 29, from London, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the 24 hours since his release had been "incredible" and "some of the best" of his life. | |
| The crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise were arrested in September on hooliganism charges following a protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig. | |
| And they originally faced piracy charges. | |
| The crew, hailing from 16 countries, was seized by the Russian authorities on 18 September. | |
| In total, 29 of the 30 detainees have been granted bail and the majority released from custody. | |
| Those freed on bail include the ship's US captain, Peter Willcox; Canadian Paul Ruzycki; the Netherlands' Faiza Oulahsen and Mannes Ubels; Switzerland's Marco Weber; Argentina's Miguel Orsi; and New Zealand's Jonathan Beauchamp. | |
| Bail has also been approved for Philip Ball from Oxford, Ukraine's Ruslan Yakushev, Gizem Akhan from Turkey, and Canadian Alexandre Paul but there was no news on their release. | |
| Greenpeace has said Mr Ball might not be released until Monday, but it could not be certain. | |
| One detainee, Australian radio operator Colin Russell, has been ordered to remain in pre-trial detention until 24 February. Greenpeace is lodging an appeal. |