Edward Snowden’s lawyer on Russian asylum: We assume that it will be extended

Source: Reuters

By Reuters
Thursday, June 5, 2014 8:12 EDT

BERLIN (Reuters) – A lawyer for former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden told German radio on Thursday that he expected his client’s asylum in Russia to be extended beyond July.

“We assume that it will be extended,” Wolfgang Kaleck, Snowden’s lawyer in Germany, was quoted as saying by Germany’s Inforadio.

He added that there was, however, no guarantee this would happen.

Russia granted Snowden a year’s asylum in August 2013 despite the United States wanting Moscow to send him home to face criminal charges, including espionage, for disclosing in June secret U.S internet and telephone surveillance programs.

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