MOSCOW, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden was safe and felt fine after leaving the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, his lawyer said Friday.
"He has reached his location. He feels fine and is completely safe," Anatoly Kucherena was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.
On Thursday, Snowden was granted an one-year permit to stay in Russia following a month-long confinement in the airport's transit area.
An official invitation will also be sent to Lon Snowden, Edward's father, to come to Moscow, Kucherena said.
"We have prepared almost all the documents. Invitations are to be sent to Lon Snowden and his defense attorney on my behalf to come to Moscow," Kucherena said.
Kucherena said, fro security reasons, the time "has not come yet" to disclose Snowden's location.
Also on Friday, U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul met presidential aide Yuri Ushakov to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations and the status of Snowden, the U.S. diplomatic mission said.
"Michael McFaul and Yuri Ushakov discussed nuclear arms cuts, anti-missile defense, Syria, trade, human rights and the new status of Mr. Snowden," the U.S. Embassy said on its Twitter account.
The White House on Thursday expressed "extreme disappointment" at Russia's decision, saying Washington was "evaluating" a scheduled presidential summit planned for September.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Thursday expressed "extreme disappointment" at Russia's grant of temporary asylum for fugitive American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, saying Washington was evaluating a scheduled presidential summit in September.
"We are extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take this step, despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have Mr. Snowden expelled to the United States to face the charges against him," spokesman Jay Carney said at a daily press briefing. Full story
MOSCOW, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Lon Snowden, father of fugitive former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, tells his son Wednesday on Russian television to stay in Russia because he won't get a fair trial in the United States.
"If I was him, I would stay in Russia," Lon said in Washington in an interview broadcast on the state-owned Rossia 24 News Channel. He also thanked President Vladimir Putin and his government for the "courage" they have shown in keeping his son safe.Full story
MOSCOW, July 30 (Xinhua) -- Russia said Tuesday it was unaware of any talks with the United States on exchanging fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden for a Russian citizen jailed in the U.S. Full story
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