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July 23, 2013

Russian Lawyer: Snowden Could Soon Leave Moscow Airport for City 
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A Russian lawyer for National Security Agency whistleblower Edward
Snowden says his client could leave the transit area of a Moscow airport
as early as Wednesday and enter the city pending the receipt of the
necessary paperwork. Snowden has been sheltering in the airport for
exactly a month as of today as the United States has filed espionage
charges and launched a global campaign to block his asylum bids in a
number of countries. Lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told Reuters Snowden
believes U.S. efforts have made it unsafe for him to leave Russia and
travel to Latin America, where three countries have offered asylum. He
said Snowden should soon receive papers allowing him to remain in Moscow
after applying for temporary asylum in Russia last week.

 

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