Moscow (AFP) - US fugitive Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Moscow after revealing the extent of US global surveillance, has been reunited with his girlfriend in Russia, his lawyer said Saturday. <\/p>\n
Snowden's longtime partner, American dancer Lindsay Mills, joined him in Moscow in July, it emerged Friday. <\/p>\n
\"Love is love,\" Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told AFP. \"She lives with him when she comes here. Moral support is very important for Edward.\" <\/p>\n
He said Mills does not live in Russia permanently because of visa constraints but visits frequently. <\/p>\n
The couple, who previously lived in Hawaii, have been busy exploring Russia, he added. \"They go to theatres and cultural events together.\" <\/p>\n
Kucherena spoke after a documentary by Laura Poitras, shown at advance screenings in New York late Friday, revealed Mills had joined him in Moscow over the summer. <\/p>\n
The two-hour documentary -- due for release on October 24 -- paints an intimate and sympathetic portrait of Snowden holed up in a Hong Kong hotel in June 2013 as he blows the whistle on National Security Agency dealings and then plots his escape. <\/p>\n
Mills is shown preparing dinner with Snowden in a wood-panelled kitchen, but the couple's conversation is not recorded and she is not interviewed. <\/p>\n
The whereabouts of Mills, who once referred to herself on a blog as \"a world-traveling, pole-dancing super hero\", were not previously known. <\/p>\n
She has never spoken publicly about her boyfriend, who has been charged in the United States with espionage, and some reports had suggested that the couple had split. <\/p>\n
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