UPDATE 6:30pm
Anthony Perrett's partner has spoken of her relief at the news that he has been granted bail. See our latest story.
UPDATE: 3.47pm
Gwent activist Anthony Perrett has been granted bail by a Russian court this afternoon. Greenpeace are to pay the £40,000 surety.
UPDATE: 1.00pm
NEWPORT Greenpeace activist Anthony Perrett is waiting to hear if we will be granted bail by a Russian court today.
Two other Britons and the captain of the activists' ship have been awarded bail by the Kalininsky District Court in St Petersburg.
The 32-year-old former Caldicot Town Council councillor, is among six Britons held following a Greenpeace protest at an Arctic oil rig.
A total of 30 activists were held when armed Russian officials boarded their vessel, the Arctic Sunrise.
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