Edward Snowden Seeks Extended Asylum in Russia

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By Amanda Wills2014-07-09 12:03:14 UTC

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Edward Snowden may be in Russia for a little while longer.

The former NSA contractor, who leaked 1.7 million top-secret documents that exposed the agency's massive surveillance tactics, petitioned Russia for an extension on his asylum, according to his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena.

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"The procedure is very simple if a citizen of any country would like to stay and live in Russia. In this case we are talking about Snowden, so we have fulfilled the procedure to receive temporary asylum,” Kucherena said on Wednesday.

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