Just Released: Edward Snowden Gets 3 More Years To Stay In Russia (Video)

(N.Morgan) In a much anticipated answer to whether Ed Snowden would remain in Russia has now been answered. He has been granted 3 more years of political asylum by President Putin. “He will be able to travel freely within the country and go abroad. He’ll be able to stay abroad for not longer than three months,” Kucherena said. Snowden is responsible for handing over material from one of the world’s most secretive organizations the NSA. The United States has charged him with the theft of government property and communicating classified information. Snowden’s year-long permit to stay in Russia had already expired on 31 July.

The former CIA technician and NSA systems administrator had first flown to the Special Administrative Region of China on May 20 from Hawaii with an estimated 1.7 million NSA documents. He gave an estimated 200,000 documents to American journalists he met in Hong Kong. Snowden arrived in Russia on June 23, 2013, on a flight from Hong Kong. According to his lawyer, Snowden will hold a press conference in Russia as soon as it will be possible.

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