Snowden's father flies to Russia, hopes to see son
Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden's father
arrived in Moscow on Thursday and said he hoped to see his son, who was granted
asylum in Russia after he leaked details of government surveillance programs
and fled the United States. The younger Snowden, 30, is wanted in the United
States on espionage charges, and Russia's decision to grant him temporary
asylum after he spent more than five weeks holed up at a Moscow airport has
inflamed already tense bilateral relations. Russian authorities and the Russian
lawyer who is assisting Snowden, Anatoly Kucherena, have not disclosed his
location. Snowden had apparently been trying to reach Latin America, and his
asylum in Russia can be extended annually. Speaking to journalists at a Moscow
airport, Lon Snowden said he had had no direct contact with Edward Snowden but
that he felt "extreme gratitude that my son is safe and secure and he's
free."
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