Snowden has political asylum, can stay in Russia for a year, lawyer says
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's application for political asylum has been approved, and he has left a Moscow airport, Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told CNN on Thursday.
Snowden has legal status in Russia for one year, Kucherena said, but the attorney would not disclose his location, citing security reasons.
On Wednesday night, a lawyer representing Lon Snowden, Edward Snowden's father, appeared on "Anderson Cooper 360" and said that Snowden wasin good health in Russia and that his lawyer was open to hammering out an ending that would satisfy all.
Attorney Bruce Fein relayed the conversation he had Kucherena.
"There may be a time, where it would be constructive to try and meet and see whether there can't be common ground that everyone agrees would advance the interest, the United States, Mr. Snowden, Lon, his father, and the interest of Russia in trying to resolve this in a way that honors due process and the highest principles of fairness and civilization," Fein said.
Kucherena earlier told Russian news agency Itar-Tass that he'd start working on Lon Snowden's visa application.
"I telephoned him (Edward Snowden) today. We agreed that I would prepare an invitation for his father to visit Russia. I hope that the visa formalities will not be long," Kucherena said Wednesday.
Snowden has said he is afraid he would not get a fair trial if he came back to the United States.
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