Freelance videographer Kieron Bryan of Britain attends a bail hearing at Primorskiy Court in St Petersburg in this picture provided by Greenpeace November 18, 2013. REUTERS/Dmitri Sharomov/Handout via Reuters
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian medic and a freelance journalist who were among 30 people arrested for a Greenpeace protest against offshore Arctic drilling were granted bail on Monday in a case that has drawn fierce criticism abroad.
Colin Russell, an Australian, was denied bail by a separate court earlier on Monday. He was a radio operator on the Arctic Sunrise, the Greenpeace ship used for the September 28 protest.
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