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SNOWDEN HAS APPLIED TO EXTEND STAY IN RUSSIA

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Published on July 11, 2014 with No Comments


US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has formally requested to stay in Russia past July 31, when his one-year asylum status expires, his lawyer said on Wednesday. “We have already filed documents to extend his stay in Russia,” Anatoly Kucherena is reported to have said. Kucherena did not say for how long he wanted to extend his stay, which status he was seeking or whether he wishes to become a Russian citizen.

 

 

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