Russia Refuses to Bail 2 Britons Held for Greenpeace Protest

Two Britons held in Russia for a Greenpeace protest were ordered to remain in pre-trial detention on Friday, a defeat for the first of the many foreigners among the 30 detainees to seek bail. Freelance videographer Kieron Bryan and Greenpeace activist Phillip Ball, who, like the others, face piracy charges, had appealed against their detention through late November. The court, in the northern port city of Murmansk, had already denied bail to four Russians held for the Sept. 18 protest in ...

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