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Russia to release foreign Greenpeace activist

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A Russian court has granted bail to a Greenpeace protester from Brazil, the first foreign activist eligible to be released from jail while awaiting trial for participating in a demonstration outside a Russian oil rig.

 

The court in St. Petersburg on Tuesday set bail at 2 million rubles ($61,500) for Ana Paula. Greenpeace said it would transfer the money as soon as possible. (AP)

 

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