A Greenpeace activist from south Wales has been freed after being detained at a prison in Russia.
Anthony Perrett, 32, from Newport, was arrested in September on hooliganism charges with 29 others after a protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig.
Greenpeace said Mr Perrett has gone to an undisclosed location in St Petersburg and is with fellow campaigners and friends.
The crew of Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise originally faced piracy charges.
The organisation said Mr Perrett is the first Briton to be released from detention in St Petersburg. Eleven others have also been granted bail.
A further 15 have had bail approved and are awaiting formal release.
All 30 still face possible trial on charges of hooliganism over the protest at an Arctic offshore oil rig owned by the Russian company Gazprom.
Mr Perrett's partner, Zaharah Ally, told BBC News of her joy and relief at speaking to him.
"His lawyer gave him his phone so he could call me from the car.
"He said that he had been very anxious, just waiting to hear about his release. He had made very good friends with his cell mate - and he had been watching the same rat outside his cell window," she said.
"He has not had a briefing yet.
"He was happy and in quite good spirits.
"It was lovely to speak to him. It was lots of giggles, laughter and my first question was 'how are you'? We just chatted and caught up - it's the longest we've ever gone without speaking to each other. We were very excited to hear from each other."
Ms Ally said Mr Perrett has been told he will have to remain in St Petersburg and she is expecting to travel to Russia as soon as possible.
The Daily Telegraph has tweeted Mr Perrett told reporters on his release: "I'd do it all again."
Departure unclearOn Thursday, the BBC reported Russian prosecutors suddenly stopped opposing bail, and the judges started setting the campaigners free.
It is still unclear if they will now be allowed to leave Russia.
The Arctic Sunrise, with a crew from 16 countries, was seized by the Russian authorities on 18 September.
Five Britons have been granted bail but are still in custody: Frank Hewetson, Iain Rogers, Alex Harris, Kieron Bryan and Anthony Perrett.
Bail has been approved for the ship's US captain, Peter Willcox, as well as Ukraine's Ruslan Yakushev; Turkey's Gizem Akhan; Canada's Alexandre Paul and Paul Ruzycki; the Netherlands' Faiza Oulahsen and Mannes Ubels; Switzerland's Marco Weber; Argentina's Miguel Orsi; and New Zealand's Jonathan Beauchamp.
One detainee, Australian radio operator Colin Russell, was ordered to remain in pre-trial detention until 24 February. Greenpeace is lodging an appeal.
The other three people still waiting for their bail hearings are Phil Ball from the UK, Roman Dolgov from Russia and Dima Litvinov from Sweden.
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