MOSCOW Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a pro-Kremlin lawyer who has been in contact with him said on Tuesday. "The application has been filed with the Russian authorities" though the Federal Migration Service (FMS), Anatoly Kucherena told AFP. "I have just left him," he said after meeting ...

MOSCOW (AP) NSA leaker Edward Snowden's attempts to seek refuge outside the United States hit hurdles Tuesday, after Russian media reported he canceled his asylum bid in Russia and several European countries said such applications wouldn't be considered if they were made from abroad. Russian news agencies Tuesday quoted President Vladimir Putin's ...

A Russian consular official says American whistle-blower Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in the country. Kim Shevchenko, the duty officer at the Russian Foreign Ministry's consular office, told reporters on Monday that Snowdens representative, Sarah Harrison, gave his request at the consular office at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport ...