Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport where he had been holed up for over a month, after being granted a year’s asylum in Russia, his lawyer says.
"Snowden has left Sheremetyevo airport. He has just been given a certificate that he has been awarded temporary asylum in Russia for one year," his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said on Thursday.
An airport spokeswoman added he had left within the past two hours.
A source told the Interfax news agency he had crossed the Russian border for the first time.
Kucherena said Snowden had left in a normal taxi on his own. The lawyeralso added Snowden’s new place of residence would be kept secret for security reasons.
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"Snowden has left Sheremetyevo airport. He has just been given a certificate that he has been awarded temporary asylum in Russia for one year," his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said on Thursday.
An airport spokeswoman added he had left within the past two hours.
A source told the Interfax news agency he had crossed the Russian border for the first time.
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Kucherena said Snowden had left in a normal taxi on his own. The lawyeralso added Snowden’s new place of residence would be kept secret for security reasons.
Read more: Edward Snowden gets asylum in Russia
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