Greenpeace Protest: Last Brit Freed From Jail

The last remaining British activist held in Russia over the Greenpeace Arctic protest has been freed from jail on bail.

Phil Ball was told he would be freed on Friday but had to stay in prison until Monday because of a delay ordered by a Russian court.

The father-of-three from Chipping Norton was one of 30 activists and journalists seized from their ship during a protest against drilling in the Arctic by a Russian oil company.

Almost all of the 30, including six Britons, have now been freed on bail but those who are not Russian face an uncertain time as they do not know if they can leave the country.

They were originally charged with piracy after being captured during a demonstration which involved attempting to scale a drilling platform in the Barents Sea.

But, after being placed in a pre-trial detention centre in Murmansk, the charges against them were later reduced to hooliganism, which carries a potential seven-year jail sentence.

The protesters were aboard the Arctic Sunrise ship

Mr Ball said he had spent a difficult weekend in jail knowing his fellow British activists had been released when he was being kept inside.

When asked how he felt, he told Sky News: "I actually don't know. I've had so many false horizons, over the last two days. They told me I was getting out on Friday and then they came to my room and said 'you are not getting out'.

"I had a bad weekend. But, it feels quite bewildering, actually. I think I'm quite pleased to get out. I don't quite know what that means yet, because I don't know what the bail conditions are and the rest of it."

Five of the Britons - Frank Hewetson, Anthony Perrett, Alex Harris, Kieron Bryan and Iain Rogers - were among 29 released on bail in St Petersburg on Friday after two months in jail.

Several of those freed so far have told how they believe their campaign to prevent alleged exploitation of the Arctic is not over, despite their ordeal.

Mr Hewetson told Sky News on Friday: "There are many oil companies that are going to be drilling in the Arctic, not only in Russia. In Greenland, America and Canada. The fight continues."

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