adminAnatoly Kucherena, a Russian lawyer who helped Snowden file an application for asylum in Russia earlier yesterday, said the former National Security Agency contractor was happy with his treatment at the airport.
“While all procedural questions are being decided, he will remain in the transit zone of the airport,” Kucherena said in central Moscow when asked if Snowden would remain at Sheremetyevo airport until the asylum request was approved.
He confirmed that the asylum procedure could take up to three months although a shorter period is theoretically possible.
Kucherena said he met Snowden at the airport yesterday to file the asylum request, with a translator the only other person present. — AFP.
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