Russia Grants Bail To Nine Foreign Greenpeace Activists

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Source: REUTERS

By Maria Tsvetkova

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Russian courts granted bail to nine jailed foreign Greenpeace activists on Tuesday, a turnaround in Russia's treatment of 30 people facing trial over a protest against Arctic oil drilling.

Activists from New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Italy, France, Finland and Poland were each granted a 2 million rouble ($61,300) bail in hearings over their dentention since the September protest at an offshore Russian oil rig.

But Greenpeace said it remains unclear whether they will be allowed to go back home.

One other activist has been ordered held in further pre-trial detention. All 30 face up to seven years in prison if convicted.

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