Greenpeace activists may receive visas, leave Russia on Friday MOSCOW, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The Greenpeace activists in Russia who were granted amnesty may get exit visas and leave the country Friday, the Federal Migration Service said Thursday. Twenty-two of the activists have already applied for visas and the migration service said they will be issued as quickly as possible, TASS reported. Twenty-eight activists and two journalists were arrested in September after two protesters attempted to scale the state-owned Gazprom oil rig. The detainees, who are from 18 countries, were initially accused of piracy, but the charge was later reduce to hooliganism. After two months in jail, the activists were freed on bail and later granted amnesty.