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A Greenpeace activist was released on bail from a Russian detention facility Wednesday, taking her first steps out of jail since she and a group of fellow campaigners were detained during an Arctic Sea protest almost nine weeks ago.

Ana Paula Alminhana Maciel, a 31-year-old biologist from Brazil, held
up a hand-written sign reading “Save the Arctic” as she left the
pretrial detention facility in the northern city of St. Petersburg.

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