Snowden free to travel across Russian, official saysAugust 9, 2013 - 17:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is legally free to travel around Russia and occupy any non-state job in the country, a senior migration official said on Friday, Aug 9, according to RIA Novosti. Last week Russia granted Snowden - who is wanted by the United States on espionage and theft charges after leaking classified information about the U.S. National Security Agency’s surveillance programs - one-year temporary asylum despite protests from the US government. “In accordance with the law, he has the right to move around Russia’s territory, and has the right to work, except, of course, in state offices,” Oleg Molodiyevsky, head of the Federal Migration Service’s Moscow Region branch, which issued Snowden the temporary asylum document, told reporters Friday. Molodiyevsky said Snowden is free to go to any Russian region, though he must notify the agency of his intention to do so. He did not say where Snowden is living at the moment. The head of the migration service in Moscow, Olga Kirillova, said her office had no knowledge of where Snowden was as of Friday. “I don’t have any such information; he is not in Moscow,” Kirillova told reporters. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. |