Greenpeace has confirmed that Briton Anthony Perrett has become the first member of the Arctic 30 protest group to be granted amnesty in Russia.
Mr Perrett Nike Vapormax Flyknit Hombre Grises Baratas , from Newport in Wales, was one of 28 activists and two freelance journalists arrested when Russian authorities boarded their ship during an anti-drilling protest in September.
The activist, one of six Britons from the Arctic 30 group, says he is looking forward to returning home now that charges against him have been dropped.
"It's time to go home, it's time to get back to Wales, and I just got one big step closer Nike Vapormax Hombre Negras Baratas ," Mr Perrett said in a statement released by Greenpeace.
Mr Perrett also defended his decision to join activists aboard the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. The group was arrested during their protest at Gazprom's drilling platform in the Pechora Sea.
"I took peaceful action to defend a fragile region under profound threat and instead I was seized by armed commandos at sea and spent two months in detention," he said.
"The Arctic is melting before our eyes and yet the oil companies are lining up to profit from its destruction.
"This is why I took action, to expose them and mobilise people to demand Arctic protection. I am proud of what I did."
A Greenpeace spokesman said the migration service had told Mr Perrett he would be contacted on Boxing Day to collect his visa, meaning he would not be home for Christmas.
The spokesman said it is not known when the rest of the Arctic 30 group will be allowed to leave Russia.
Last week the Russian Parliament approved an amnesty decree freeing defendants who have been charged with hooliganism.
The Arctic 30 group had previously been accused of piracy, but the charge was later downgraded.
Among others released under the amnesty are Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova , two members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot.
The amnesty has been largely viewed as the Kremlin's attempt to soothe criticism of Russia's human rights records ahead of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February.
(Agencies)
MANAGUA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Some 30,000 Nicaraguan football fans will be able to follow the 2014 Brazil World Cup at a virtual stadium set up by the government, a source said Monday.
Milton Ruiz, the coordinator of Nicaragua's Alexis Arguello Sports Movement Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Betrue 2017 Azules Baratas , said the facility in the south of the capital Managua is ready to feature the Brazil vs. Germany semifinal match Tuesday.
The bleachers, giant screen and broadcasting gear were installed for the semifinals and finals, confirmed Ruiz at a press conference.
Nicaraguan football fans are expecting to see Brazil defeat Germany, even with star footballer Neymar out of the competition due to a back injury sustained in Brazil's match against Colombia.
Nicaragua's Virtual Stadium has been erected at the Plaza de las Victorias in Managua's Zona Rosa district, an area usually reserved for political rallies by the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).
The site will bring the World Cup to the fans, just as the Fan Fests organized in Brazil by world football governing body FIFA allow people with no tickets to the games in the 12 host cities to gather and watch the matches on giant screens.
Nicaragua's Fan Fest "will be totally free for the entire Nicaraguan family Nike Air VaporMax Hombre Negras Amarillo Baratas ," so those who want can watch "the live transmission of the semifinal and final games," said Ruiz.
On Wednesday, Argentina will face the Netherlands in the second semifinal match, followed by the third-place match on Saturday and the final championship match on Sunday, July 13.
"I'm going with Brazil even though Neymar isn't playing due to injury," football fan Sury Sanchez told Xinhua.
Yaser Lopez told Xinhua Brazil will defeat the Germans because it has a more innovative team.
Brazil "will then defeat whoever wins the game between Argentina and the Netherlands," said Lopez.
Overall ecological system improving despite human activity
China on Saturday began its second scientific expedition to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau to assess the tremendous changes of the past decades due to climate change and human activities.
Following an expedition in the 1970s, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) launched an expedition that will last five to 10 years. They will make a comprehensive survey of the plateau's glaciers, biodiversity and ecological changes, as well as monitor changes to the region's climate.
Their first stop will be Serling Tso Nike Air Max 97 2017 Retro Hombre Doradas Baratas , a 2,391-square-kilometer lake that was confirmed to have replaced the Buddhist holy Namtso Lake as Tibet's largest in 2014. CAS will take more than 100 scientists to the lake area and to the source of the Yangtze, China's longest river, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
To provide fundamental data for China's newest national park, the Third Pole National Park, Hou Juzhi Nike Air Max 97 OG Undefeated Sail Speed Rojas Blancas Baratas , a CAS research fellow, told the Global Times that his team will conduct research on the lake sediments so that they can learn about the lake's climate, environment and ecological changes during the past 200 years.
As the source of several major rivers, the plateau supplies water to nearly 2 billion people. It is facing serious challenges, including glacier melt and land deterioration due to global warming and human activities. Its ecology is fragile and once damaged, it is difficult to recover Nike Air Max 97 Hombre Negras Baratas , said Li Junsheng, an environmental expert at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.