Russian immigration source informed that Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in Russia. Snowden is believed to remain in the transit area at a Moscow airport eight days after arriving from Hong Kong. Putin said that Snowden considers himself a rights activist, a new dissident, and compared him to Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov. Putin and Obama have now ordered the heads of their security agencies, the FBI and FSB, to find a solution to the impasse, according to Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2013/07/edward-snowden-applies-for-political.html