{"id":24724,"date":"2014-07-12T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T18:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=24724"},"modified":"2014-07-12T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T18:42:07","slug":"russia-to-approve-snowdens-visa-extension-application-for-continued-asylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/edward-snowden\/russia-to-approve-snowdens-visa-extension-application-for-continued-asylum.php","title":{"rendered":"Russia to approve Snowden&#8217;s visa extension application for continued asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>      Former U.S.-based National Security Agency (NSA) employee      Edward Snowden's plea to extend his asylum in Russia is      expected to be approved soon, said a Russian migration      official.    <\/p>\n<p>      Vladmir Volokh, head of a key advisory council to Russia'a      federal migration service said in a statement to the Russian      news service interfax that he did not see any problem in      prolonging Snowden's asylum.    <\/p>\n<p>      Anatoly Kucherena, Snowden's Russian attorney said that      Snowden had applied for a continual of asylum after his      current temporary asylum had expired on July 31.    <\/p>\n<p>      An investigation by The Post's Greg Miller reveals that the      U.S. had no information on Snowden's day-to-day existence.      U.S. officials did not even have the slightest knowledge      about Snowden's whereabouts in Russia, said the      investigation.    <\/p>\n<p>      The relations between U.S. and Russia have worsened since      Russia ignored U.S. requests to return Snowden, reports the      Washington Post.    <\/p>\n<p>      (Posted on 12-07-2014)    <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newkerala.com\/news\/2014\/fullnews-80263.html\/RK=0\/RS=bQ_mMkIqE16RmReXFgQYJ3Dp6dY-\" title=\"Russia to approve Snowden's visa extension application for continued asylum\">Russia to approve Snowden's visa extension application for continued asylum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Former U.S.-based National Security Agency (NSA) employee Edward Snowden's plea to extend his asylum in Russia is expected to be approved soon, said a Russian migration official. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edward-snowden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}