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Edward Snowden received temporary asylum in Russia

Edward Snowden, a former employee of the CIA and the NSA, who gave the mass media numerous evidence of the intelligence services of the population, today received temporary asylum in Russia .



“According to our information, he has already left the airport,” a representative of Sheremetyevo told RIA Novosti.

Russian lawyer Snowden said that he left the airport on a regular taxi today at about 15:30 Moscow time, alone. According to other information , he is constantly accompanied by Wikileaks spokeswoman Sarah Harrison.
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From June 23, Edward Snowden was located in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport, in a local hotel. FMS documents allow him to stay in Russia for a year. The main question is where Snowden will go, where will he live? The lawyer says that this information is of interest to all the world's media, but because of the “clear threat to the safety of Edward Snowden,” he has no right to disclose such information. FMS documents allow Snowden to choose any place of residence in any city in the Russian Federation or in an uninhabited area.


Since the beginning of the 2000s, Edward Snowden has talked on forums and Ars Technica IRC channel under the pseudonym TheTrueHOOHA , photo taken in 2006

At the same time, the US Senate Appropriations Committee a week ago unanimously voted to impose trade or other sanctions on any country that would provide asylum to Edward Snowden.

Experts disagree on how the decision of the Russian authorities will affect the US-Russian relations.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/188648/


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