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Greenpeace protesters granted bail

Greenpeace International activist Paul D. Ruzycki of Canada stands in a defendants’ cage during hearings that considered the investigators request to extend the detention of 30 members of the Arctic Sunrise Greenpeace ship in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday.
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Greenpeace International activist Paul D. Ruzycki of Canada stands in a defendants’ cage during hearings that considered the investigators request to extend the detention of 30 members of the Arctic Sunrise Greenpeace ship in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday. A Russian court on Tuesday granted bail to Greenpeace protesters from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Italy, New Zealand and Poland, the first group of foreign activists eligible for release from jail while awaiting trial for participating in a demonstration near a Russian oil rig.