1 Aug 2013 15:50

Kucherena: Snowden issued with Migration Service certificate, may leave Sheremetyevo

MOSCOW. Aug 1 (Interfax) - The Federal Migration Service has issued former CIA employee Edward Snowden with a certificate, which allows him to leave the Sheremetyevo airport's transit zone, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told Interfax on Thursday.

"I have just delivered documents from the Russian Federal Migration Service. He can now leave the transit zone," said the lawyer, who is rendering legal services to the U.S. whistleblower.