Snowden lives in secrecy, longs for going house: lawyer - Xinhua | English.news.cnMOSCOW, March thre...

1. Snowden lives in secrecy, longs for going home: lawyer
Snowden lives in secrecy, longs for going house: lawyer - Xinhua | English.news.cn
MOSCOW, March three (Xinhua) -- Fugitive U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden has to reside a
strictly covert life in Russia due to personalized safety concerns, explained his Russian attorney on
Tuesday.
The condition surrounding Snowden "has not been calm" and he lives beneath everlasting safety,
stated Anatoly Kucherena, claiming that he and his consumer are below frequent surveillance.
"To be straightforward, I do not know who these folks (following us) have been, it really is hard to
tell. It could have been journalists. I do not want to make accusations," the RIA Novosti information
agency quoted Kucherena as saying.
The remarks had been produced for the duration of the presentation of Kucherena's documentary
novel "Time of the Octopus," a fictionalized edition of Snowden's saga, to be published in trilogy,
with its copyright sold to U.S. director Oliver Stone last 12 months.
Nevertheless, the lawyer additional, the former U.S. Nationwide Safety Agency's contractor tries to
live a a lot more or less ordinary life -- visiting theaters and supermarkets or travelling in Russia.
"He is a free of charge man," Kucherena stated, noting that in spite of his gradual adaptation to the
daily life in Russia, Snowden is craving to go back home.
"We're performing all the things achievable to remedy this concern (of his return to the U.S.),"
mentioned the lawyer.
He also mentioned that Snowden has been staying away from speaking to the Russian media directly
for dread that his phrases could be misinterpreted.
"He is not going to slam the United States here on the territory of the Russian Federation,"
explained Kucherena.
Snowden faces three felony expenses in the United States, including espionage, soon after he
disclosed a classified U.S. intelligence undertaking code-named PRISM.
He has got a refugee standing in Russia considering the fact that August 2013 and at the moment
holds a Russian residential permit valid for three many years. But the status will be canceled once
Snowden leaves Russia.
The U.S. and Russia have been at odds more than Snowden's extradition, which Moscow has
repeatedly resisted citing the absence of appropriate bilateral agreements.