Commnet: If Snowden is allowed to travel, he better be looking over his shoulder the C.I.A. will be right behind him.
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By AFP on August 07, 2014
MOSCOW - Fugitive US intelligence operative Edward Snowden has been granted a three-year residence permit in Russia, his Russian lawyer said at a press conference Thursday.
"The request was accepted and accordingly Edward Snowden was given a three-year residence permit" which allows him to move about freely and travel abroad, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told journalists.
"In the future Edward will have to decide whether to continue to live in Russia and become a citizen or to return to the United States," Kucherena added.
The 31-year-old US fugitive is wanted in the United States on espionage charges.
He was granted leave to stay in Russia a year ago after spending weeks in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport when his passport was revoked on his way to South America.
SecurityWeek/ Full Article Here/ http://www.securityweek.com/russia-grants-snowden-three-year-residence-permit
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