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Fugitive Snowden leaves Moscow airport: representative

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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is seen in this still image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras/Courtesy of The Guardian/Handout via Reuters

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is seen in this still image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong June 6, 2013.

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MOSCOW | Thu Aug 1, 2013 7:58am EDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, an airport representative said on Thursday.

The representative told Reuters that Snowden had crossed into Russia after spending more than month in the airport's transit zone.

(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Elizabeth Piper)

 
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Comments (4)
Rhino1 wrote:
Congratulations!!!

I am sooo happy for you.

Truth vs. legal terrorism: 1:0

Aug 01, 2013 8:13am EDT  --  Report as abuse
xsnake wrote:
Looks like Putin’s landed another fish.

Aug 01, 2013 8:19am EDT  --  Report as abuse
dencal26 wrote:
Putin is not a friend of the USA. Snowden is officially a traitor

Aug 01, 2013 8:32am EDT  --  Report as abuse