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Snowden officially asks for temporary asylum in Russia


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Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden (pictured centre), who is responsible for leaking secret US surveillance information to the public, has officially applied for temporary asylum in Russia, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

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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.
(AFP)

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