13 Nov 2024
Tuesday 16 July 2013 - 16:32
Story Code : 39525

Snowden applies for temporary asylum in Russia: lawyer

MOSCOW Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a pro-Kremlin lawyer who has been in contact with him said on Tuesday.
"The application has been filed with the Russian authorities" though the Federal Migration Service (FMS), Anatoly Kucherena told AFP. "I have just left him," he said after meeting Snowden earlier Tuesday.

By AFP

 

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