Russian authorities have dropped criminal charges against the first of 30 people accused of taking part in a Greenpeace protest in the Arctic.
The 28 activists and two freelance journalists were arrested in September as they staged a protest at a Russian offshore oil rig.
They were all charged with hooliganism - but have all been freed on bail.
They are being granted amnesty under a new Russian law which has seen several high profile releases in recent days.
On Monday Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the two members of punk protest band Pussy Riot jailed for staging an anti-government protest in a Moscow cathedral, were freed.
In an earlier move unrelated to the amnesty, former Russian tycoon and prominent Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky was pardoned and released after more than 10 years in prison for theft and tax evasion.
'Best Christmas present'Greenpeace said on Tuesday that three of the "Arctic 30" group had been told their cases were now closed and others were expected to receive notice soon, AFP news agency reports.
Twenty-six of the group are foreigners, and the group said they would be free to leave Russia once they had visas.
"We know that getting those stamps would be the best Christmas present for the Arctic 30 and we hope it can happen quickly, but until such time as they do, we still cannot say when they will leave," it said in a statement.
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