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SCANDAL PRISM: Edward Snowden can leave Moscow airport

 

Edward Snowden will finally be able to leave the airport in Moscow, where it is blocked for a month. On Wednesday, he has indeed achieved the Russian authorities the necessary documents to leave the transit area. Wanted by the U.S. for espionage, the former U.S. intelligence consultant filed an application for temporary asylum in Russia, unable to reach one of the Latin American countries expressed their readiness to grant him asylum.

It may meet in the afternoon and his lawyer could easily reach the center of Moscow. "The American is preparing to leave," said a source close to the case to the Russian news agency Interfax. Another source said that agency that the U.S. fugitive could leave the airport in the coming hours.

His lawyer, Anatoly Koutcherena had said Monday that the procedure for temporary asylum could take up to three months, but Snowden could pass through customs on the basis of the initial response to his request.

For their part, the United States said they would prevent Snowden originally revelations about an international spy program run by the intelligence im Rican, to go to Latin America, where three countries, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia, have responded positively to his request for political asylum. Washington has repeatedly reiterated their request for extradition of the computer, which is charged with espionage in his country because of his revelations on the U.S. electronic surveillance abroad.

The Kremlin, whose reactions showed some embarrassment, carefully distanced himself from the Snowden case, emphasizing hope that this issue does not harm relations with Washington.

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