A British video journalist arrested for piracy after covering a Greenpeace protest against drilling in the Arctic, has said he is preparing for a long prison sentence.
Kieron Bryan was on board Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship carrying 30 people, including six Britons, who attempted to occupy the Russian drilling platform Prirazlomnaya in the Pechora Sea.
The cameraman from London says those arrested feel like 'pieces in a game' Mr Bryan, 29, said in a letter sent to his family in Devon that he is suffering from "horrible uncertainty and anxiety" after being denied bail by Russian authorities last week.
The offence of piracy carries a 15-year prison sentence in Russia.
Protesters outside the court in Murmansk where Mr Bryon was denied bail "The food is basic or grim but I'll not starve," he wrote. "The guards can't communicate but are polite and harmless, likewise my cell mate can barely string two words of English together but he is fine with me.
"We draw pictures and speak pigeon (sic) versions of the other's language - it's funny in a farcical way.
Six of the Greenpeace team arrested by Russian police "Lack of communication has been really tough - I just hope my lawyer can get messages to you. I will ask him to send you the prison address - packages are allowed (with restrictions, keep the nail file out!).
"Things to keep me occupied are always welcome - I'm running out of books since we've swapped between the group already. Hopefully Greenpeace and the embassy can help there too."
Greenpeace campaigners attempt to occupy the platform Images released by Greenpeace showed Russian security forces abseiling from a helicopter before seizing the ship and crew at gunpoint.
Mr Bryan added that those arrested were "pieces in a game we didn't want to participate in".
He went on: "I'm trying to prepare myself for a lengthy sentence. Everyone says it's very unlikely but all of this feels unlikely.
Russian security forces abseiled onto the ship and arrested the activists "I'll get through this, we all will."
Mr Bryan's family have stressed he is a journalist rather than an activist, and that he is not a member of Greenpeace.
"If everyone was arrested for writing an article, journalists would not exist," Mr Bryan said in his final address to a court in Murmanks last week when his appeal was refused.
He is currently being held in a Russian detention centre awaiting trial.
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