{"id":24788,"date":"2014-07-14T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T18:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=24788"},"modified":"2017-04-10T09:46:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T13:46:21","slug":"edward-snowden-applies-extend-stay-russia-lawyer-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/edward-snowden\/edward-snowden-applies-extend-stay-russia-lawyer-says.php","title":{"rendered":"Edward Snowden applies to extend stay in Russia, lawyer says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With his temporary permit expiring at the end of the month, it looks like Snowden is looking to extend his stay in Russia. Let's hope it gets approved.<\/em><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jul\/09\/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-applies-extend-russia-stay-permit\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jul\/09\/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-applies-extend-russia-stay-permit<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Edward-Snowden-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Edward-Snowden-009-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"Edward Snowden\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Edward-Snowden-009-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Edward-Snowden-009.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Edward Snowden applies to extend stay in Russia, lawyer says<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Anatoly Kucherena reveals former NSA whistleblower's one-year permit to stay in country will expire at the end of July<\/em><\/p><p><a title=\"More from the Guardian on Edward Snowden\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/edward-snowden\">Edward Snowden<\/a> has applied to extend his stay in <a title=\"More from the Guardian on Russia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/russia\">Russia<\/a>, his lawyer says.<\/p><p>Anatoly Kucherena said the former National Security Agency contractor had made the application to Russia's migration authorities because his one-year permit was due to expire at the end of July, according to Russian news agencies.<\/p><p><!--more--><\/p><p>Kucherena refused to say what kind of migration status his client is seeking, saying that it is up to the federal migration service to make the decision.<\/p><p>Snowden got stranded at Moscow's Domodedovo airport last year on his way from Hong Kong to Cuba, shortly after he revealed the <a title=\"More from the Guardian on NSA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/nsa\">NSA<\/a>'s sprawling use of phonetaps across the US and beyond. He received asylum in Russia, attracting the anger of the US.<\/p><p>Snowden has kept a low profile in Russia and his precise whereabouts are unknown. Kucherena insisted that the secrecy is necessary for Snowden's protection.<\/p><p>A Kremlin-connected website has published several pictures of Snowden indicating that he either lives in Moscow or visits it often.<\/p><p>Snowden appeared on President Vladimir Putin's call-in show in April when he asked a question about surveillance in a prerecorded video message.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With his temporary permit expiring at the end of the month, it looks like Snowden is looking to extend his stay in Russia. Let's hope it gets approved.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jul\/09\/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-applies-extend-russia-stay-permitEdward\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2014\/jul\/09\/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-applies-extend-russia-stay-permitEdward<\/a> Snowden applies to extend stay in Russia, lawyer saysAnatoly Kucherena reveals former NSA whistleblower's one-year permit to stay in country will expire at the end of JulyEdward [&hellip;]<\/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-24788","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\/24788"}],"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=24788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24788\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}