Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowdon (Tuesday) temporary asylum in Russia after three weeks holed up in a Moscow airport trying to avoid prosecution in the United States of espionage.
Snowden said the White House was "not a dissident," and should be deported back to the United States for trial.
Snowden sought refuge in Latin America after the leak, the U.S. government's surveillance program details, but not risking may be intercepted by the United States to take any flight. He flew into Moscow on June 23 from Hong Kong.
"He concluded that he needed to write for a temporary shelter (Russia), has just completed this process," on Friday met with Snowdon as human rights activists, lawyers, Anatoly Kucherena told Reuters reporters.
"Now he will not go anywhere, and now he intends to stay in Russia," he said. If you grant temporary asylum Snowdon, Kucherena said he should have the same rights as other citizens and work and travel in Russia.
Asylum Snowdon end time in hell, but the risk of deepening tensions between the U.S. and Russia. Russia has refused to dismiss his own country, but also let him at arm's length, said he had not crossed its borders, because he was still in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport international transit area.
President Obama again called on Russia to send Snowdon 30, returned to the United States.
"He is not a human rights activist, he was not a dissident who was accused of leaking confidential information," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "He is a United States has alleged crimes, and ...... he deserves due process, where each and every American citizen, he should be back here for trial."
Unlike political asylum, grant temporary asylum Snowdon does not need a decree, President Vladimir Putin, who might want it to be the best option to minimize damage to the relationship between the United States do not look at Russia in the eyes of the weak.
Damage control?
Putin tried to distance themselves from the Kremlin asylum decision, which is the official immigration officials, but is widely expected to be in the hands of the president.
"If we are talking about temporary shelter, which is a problem, not the president, but the federal immigration service," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in the Siberian city of Chita.
Head of FMS, Konstantin Romodanovsky, confirmed that the agency has received the application of Snowdon. Anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, has helped Snowden said on Twitter that he has applied for "temporary protection visas."
Snowdon, 30, trapped in Sheremetyevo Airport, runways and Russia as neutral territory passport control area between the transit area.
He said on Friday that he would seek asylum in Russia, only to wait until he can go to three Latin American countries are ready to give him political asylum - Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua.
He said the U.S. and its allies to prevent him from reaching those countries. Washington has revoked the passports of Snowdon, and called on other countries not to help him reach a refuge destination.
Kucherena said he expects Snowden asylum request "fast" decision, although there are up to three months FMS application to decide. Been granted temporary shelter for up to a year, to extend the possibilities.
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After Snowdon lawyers and activists met at the airport on Friday, many pro-Kremlin politicians on national television that Russia should give him asylum.
"He worried about torture or the death penalty may be applied to him (if extradited), said:" that he had suggested Snowdon Airport Conference since Kucherena.
Putin's condition
Putin has rejected U.S. calls to send Snowdon home, but has said he does not want a fugitive damage relations with Washington. Ranging from the conflict in Syria, Putin opponent's treatment, because in 2012, he began a six-year third term problems, relations have been strained.
Snowdon Putin accused the U.S. government to the world preaching about rights and freedoms, it does not stick at home as a propaganda tool is useful. But Putin's invitation to Obama's summit in Moscow in early September, the two countries have indicated that they wish to improve relations.
Putin has said twice, Snowden must stop all activities "aimed at the expense of our American partners", if he wants political asylum in Russia, but he did not clear whether the conditions applicable to temporary shelters.
He said he twice met SNOWDEN's Sheremetyevo Airport transit area in the past two days, Kucherena said Snowden gave him a verbal commitment, he will stop activities against the United States.
, "He said:" We did not formally in writing ...... but he assured me that our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, without prejudice to the U.S. government's request, will meet . It is unclear whether this means that Snowden will stop leaking information.
Others who met Snow boarded Friday said he told them that he would find it easier to comply with the conditions of Putin. However, Human Rights Watch said at the meeting, he just meant that he did not believe his actions hurt the United States.
Kucherena said Snowden clear understanding of the terms set by Putin, but added: "I have not discussed his behavior with his details ...... If this problem occurs in the future, I will certainly talk with him with at. "
Rosia state television broadcast a video Kucherena, display Snowden's application for asylum on his iPad, written in black ink on a piece of paper in the picture.
Federal Office for Migration declared "Edward Joseph Snowden, a U.S. citizen," the application reads:
"I would ask you to consider the Russian Federation granted me the possibility of temporary shelters."
Kucherena, he said, through his e-mail communication and Snowdon, Reuters confirmed the authenticity of the picture.
Putin said Monday he hoped Snowdon will soon leave because he could give him asylum, but opened the door, said there are signs that the United States is moving to meet the conditions of fugitives, he has identified.
"As the President has said, we hope that our relationship the United States of America a gradual development in a positive way," Peskov said.
He rejected the U.S. State Department accused Russia of Snowdon at the meeting with lawyers and activists "propaganda platform," said Snowden meeting and requested that no country should refuse such a request.
 



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