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Nearly two years after American intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden arrived inMoscow, his international legal team is hard atwork trying tosecure his return tothe U.S., his main Russian lawyer said Tuesday. <\/p>\n
When asked if Snowden hoped eventually toreturn toAmerica, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena replied, \"Of course,\" RIA Novosti reported. <\/p>\n
\"He [Snowden] thinks that he has achance togo back, andwe are doing everything possible tomake that happen,\" Kucherena explained incomments carried bythe Interfax news agency. <\/p>\n
Snowden faces espionage charges inhis home country, inpart forhis exposure ofthe U.S. National Security Agency's mass surveillance ofAmerican citizens. He has been living inRussia since June 2013, having arrived shortly after his first major intelligence leak tojournalists. He was granted temporary asylum inAugust 2013. <\/p>\n
Snowden has ateam ofRussian andAmerican lawyers, andis studying Russian tobetter adapt tolife inthe country, Kucherena said ata presentation ofhis new book, \"Time ofthe Octopus.\" RIA Novosti described thebook as awork offiction based onSnowden's life. It is thefirst volume inan anticipated trilogy. <\/p>\n
Kucherena also complained that he andSnowden have grown accustomed tobeing tailed atall times byunknown pursuers, RIA Novosti reported. He claimed that atone point he was forced tojump intoa different car while commuting through thecity inorder toconfuse five different vehicles that were following him atonce. <\/p>\n
\"We are constantly being followed. I sometimes don't know what route totake back home,\" he said incomments carried byRIA Novosti. \"I honestly don't know who they are. Maybe they're journalists. I don't want toaccuse anyone.\" <\/p>\n
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