Snowden ‘Can Leave’ Moscow Transit Zone – Reports
July 24, 2013
MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) – Fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has been issued with a document allowing him to leave the transit zone of Russia’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Russian media reported Wednesday.
Russian media cited unnamed sources in Russian law enforcement as saying that a document allowing Snowden to leave the transit zone – provided the border service does not object – was issued to him when he submitted his asylum request.