3 Jun 2014 15:28

FMS territorial subdivision to decide on extending asylum to Snowden - Romodanovsky

TROITSK. June 3 (Interfax) - The issue of extending temporary asylum to former CIA employee Edward Snowden will be considered by a territorial body of the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS), FMS Chief Konstantin Romodanovsky said.

"Edward Snowden is the issue of the FMS territorial subdivision. This is not an issue for its leader's attention," Romodanovsky told reporters following a meeting with migration service chiefs of Hungary and Slovakia in Troitsk on Tuesday.