Live! Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia

July 13, 2013 01:14

US whistleblower Edward Snowden has said he wanted asylum in Russia until he could legally travel on to some of the Latin American countries that have offered him asylum, adding that he had "no regrets" about leaking a US spying programme. Snowden, who has been holed up in transit zone of Moscow airport since June 23, told rights activists on Friday that he was prevented by Western governments from flying to the Latin America.

The former National Security Agency contractor said he was submitting a request to stay Russia "until such time as these (Western) states accede to law and my legal travel is permitted", according to a transcript of his remarks released by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

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