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| MOSCOW — Edward J. Snowden, the American intelligence contractor who divulged a raft of secret documents and then fled to Russia, has been granted a three-year residence permit, his lawyer announced Thursday. | |
| Anatoly G. Kucherena, the lawyer, told a news conference that Mr. Snowden had not been given asylum in Russia, but rather had been granted permission to live here until 2017, Russian news media reported. | Anatoly G. Kucherena, the lawyer, told a news conference that Mr. Snowden had not been given asylum in Russia, but rather had been granted permission to live here until 2017, Russian news media reported. |
| His new status includes the right to leave Russia for up to three months, Mr. Kucherena said. Mr. Snowden, 31, had originally planned to head to Latin America for asylum. Anger in Germany at American surveillance has also prompted some discussion there about whether Mr. Snowden should be allowed to live in Germany. But he has so far avoided setting foot outside Russia lest the United States find a way to arrest and prosecute him. | His new status includes the right to leave Russia for up to three months, Mr. Kucherena said. Mr. Snowden, 31, had originally planned to head to Latin America for asylum. Anger in Germany at American surveillance has also prompted some discussion there about whether Mr. Snowden should be allowed to live in Germany. But he has so far avoided setting foot outside Russia lest the United States find a way to arrest and prosecute him. |
| His previous, yearlong residence permit, granted last August, expired on July 31 and a new one had been expected. His lawyer filed the necessary paperwork earlier this summer. | His previous, yearlong residence permit, granted last August, expired on July 31 and a new one had been expected. His lawyer filed the necessary paperwork earlier this summer. |
| Mr. Snowden is wanted by the United States government for exposing numerous secret intelligence documents, including a program by the National Security Agency to monitor millions of email messages. | Mr. Snowden is wanted by the United States government for exposing numerous secret intelligence documents, including a program by the National Security Agency to monitor millions of email messages. |
| Senior government officials have called him a traitor, while Mr. Snowden maintains that he is a whistle-blower who exposed an illegal government surveillance program. | Senior government officials have called him a traitor, while Mr. Snowden maintains that he is a whistle-blower who exposed an illegal government surveillance program. |
| Without going into too many details, Mr. Kucherena said that Mr. Snowden was living on a salary earned from an unspecified job in the information technology field, and on donations into an open fund from individuals and nongovernmental organizations. The lawyer said that his client was learning to speak Russian, and that he would be eligible to become a citizen after living here for five years, counted from his first residence permit granted in 2013. | Without going into too many details, Mr. Kucherena said that Mr. Snowden was living on a salary earned from an unspecified job in the information technology field, and on donations into an open fund from individuals and nongovernmental organizations. The lawyer said that his client was learning to speak Russian, and that he would be eligible to become a citizen after living here for five years, counted from his first residence permit granted in 2013. |
| Asked about Mr. Snowden’s living arrangements in Moscow, Mr. Kucherena said that he could not comment in detail but indicated that Mr. Snowden was not on the Russian government dole. | Asked about Mr. Snowden’s living arrangements in Moscow, Mr. Kucherena said that he could not comment in detail but indicated that Mr. Snowden was not on the Russian government dole. |
| “The government cannot provide him with housing, despite the fact that he was granted a residence permit,” Mr. Kucherena said. “He leads a rather modest lifestyle.” | “The government cannot provide him with housing, despite the fact that he was granted a residence permit,” Mr. Kucherena said. “He leads a rather modest lifestyle.” |
| Mr. Kucherena also denied that Mr. Snowden was protected by government bodyguards, saying that there would be all manner of “bureaucratic delays” for such protection to be organized. But Mr. Snowden did live with private security, the lawyer said, a priority given hostile American government statements about him. | Mr. Kucherena also denied that Mr. Snowden was protected by government bodyguards, saying that there would be all manner of “bureaucratic delays” for such protection to be organized. But Mr. Snowden did live with private security, the lawyer said, a priority given hostile American government statements about him. |
| The welcome mat for Mr. Snowden was in sharp contrast to that of another American citizen living in Russia, Jennifer Gaspar, 43, who has been ordered deported by the Russian federal security service, or F.S.B., the successor agency to the K.G.B. In the deportation order issued by the Federal Migration Service that arrived at her St. Petersburg home on Tuesday, she was described as “a threat to national security.” | The welcome mat for Mr. Snowden was in sharp contrast to that of another American citizen living in Russia, Jennifer Gaspar, 43, who has been ordered deported by the Russian federal security service, or F.S.B., the successor agency to the K.G.B. In the deportation order issued by the Federal Migration Service that arrived at her St. Petersburg home on Tuesday, she was described as “a threat to national security.” |
| Ms. Gaspar’s Russian husband, Ivan Y. Pavlov, is an outspoken human rights attorney who has pushed for a more transparent government, the very argument that Mr. Snowden has been making about the American government in his own defense. | Ms. Gaspar’s Russian husband, Ivan Y. Pavlov, is an outspoken human rights attorney who has pushed for a more transparent government, the very argument that Mr. Snowden has been making about the American government in his own defense. |
| The couple, who have a 5-year-old Russian daughter, think Ms. Gaspar is being deported as a means to push Mr. Pavlov into exile. The government agencies involved have declined to comment. The couple are appealing the deportation order. | The couple, who have a 5-year-old Russian daughter, think Ms. Gaspar is being deported as a means to push Mr. Pavlov into exile. The government agencies involved have declined to comment. The couple are appealing the deportation order. |
| Mr. Snowden is wanted by Washington for exposing a huge cache of secret intelligence documents, including a program by the United States National Security Agency to monitor hundreds of millions of email messages and telephone calls of both Americans and foreigners. The American government charged him last year with theft of government property, revealing information about national defense and leaking classified information to an unauthorized person. | Mr. Snowden is wanted by Washington for exposing a huge cache of secret intelligence documents, including a program by the United States National Security Agency to monitor hundreds of millions of email messages and telephone calls of both Americans and foreigners. The American government charged him last year with theft of government property, revealing information about national defense and leaking classified information to an unauthorized person. |
| Mr. Snowden spent some 40 days in the transit lounge of Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow’s main international gateway, after he was stuck there when the United States revoked his passport. The initial residence permit granted to him considerably soured relations between Washington and Moscow, prompting President Obama to cancel a summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin. | Mr. Snowden spent some 40 days in the transit lounge of Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow’s main international gateway, after he was stuck there when the United States revoked his passport. The initial residence permit granted to him considerably soured relations between Washington and Moscow, prompting President Obama to cancel a summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin. |