Russia grants amnesty to one Greenpeace activist, Canadians still detained Greenpeace says one of its activists detained in Russia's Arctic has been granted amnesty. Greenpeace International spokesman Aaron Gray-Block says the activist, Anthony Perrett of the United Kingdom, has been told he could collect paperwork for leaving Russia on Thursday. The 30 crew members aboard a Greenpeace ship - including two Canadians - were detained at a Russian oil rig in September and were held for two months before they were released last month. But Paul Ruzycki of Port Colborne, Ont., Alexandre Paul of Montreal and 24 other non-Russian crew members haven't yet been allowed to leave Russia. An amnesty law passed last week is expected to clear them of the charges and several more of the Greenpeace activists are expected to receive similar amnesty notifications. The crew members were originally accused of piracy, a charge that was later changed to hooliganism. Today's news from Russia is just the latest headline to come just two months before the Sochi Games and many observers say it's a move to repair the country's much-criticized human rights record. First, Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was released after a decade in prison, and then the last two Pussy Riot activists were pardoned and freed.