Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Edward Snowden, the former security contractor who exposed top-secret American spying programs, has won the right to live in Russia for three more years, his lawyer said, threatening to further strain ties with the U.S. Betty Liu reports on In The Loop. (Source: Bloomberg)<\/p>\n
Edward Snowden, the former security contractor who disclosed American spying programs, has won the right to live in Russia for three more years, his lawyer said, threatening to further strain ties with the U.S. <\/p>\n
Snowden, whose one-year asylum expired July 31, can apply for Russian citizenship in mid-2018, Anatoly Kucherena told reporters in Moscow today. Snowden didnt get a residency permit as a special favor, the lawyer said. This is an ordinary procedure for any foreign citizen, he said. <\/p>\n
As the standoff over Ukraine worsens, Russia and the U.S. are locked in their biggest geopolitical confrontation since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Tensions erupted last year when the two powers clashed over the civil war in Syria and Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum when he fled from Hong Kong in June 2013 after exposing clandestine U.S. National Security Agency programs that collect phone and Internet data. <\/p>\n
Snowdens revelations about U.S. spying last year set off a global debate about the trade-offs between privacy and security and hurt ties with European allies, in particular Germany. <\/p>\n
Snowden, 31, has said he worked alone in taking thousands of classified documents, denying claims made by U.S. lawmakers that he was an agent of a foreign government. He faces espionage charges in the U.S. <\/p>\n
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Edward Snowdens revelations about U.S. spying last year set off a global debate about the trade-offs between privacy and security and hurt ties with European allies, in particular Germany. <\/p>\n
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