Two cars of the embassy of Ecuador in Moscow are parked outside the
terminal where Edward Snowden, the former contractor for the U.S.
National Security Agency, is believed to have landed in Moscow's
Sheremetyevo airport, June 23, 2013.(Reuters / Maxim Shemetov)
The former CIA contractor, Edward Snowden, has asked Ecuador for political asylum, the country’s foreign minister, Ricardo Patino Aroca, wrote on Twitter. The whistleblower is now in Moscow after fleeing Hong Kong in a bid to elude US extradition.
Ricardo Patiño Aroca @RicardoPatinoEC
The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. #Snowden
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