Ο Edward Snowden is ready to return to the US, according to the Russian lawyer. However, the former systems administrator, who is the central face in the largest leak of classified information by the NSA he will only return on the condition that the US promises him a fair trial.
"THE Snowden είναι έτοιμος να επιστρέψει στις ΗΠΑ, αλλά με την προϋπόθεση την παροχή εγγυήσεων για μια νόμιμη και αμερόληπτη δίκη", δήλωσε ο Ρώσος δικηγόρος του Anatoly Kucherena σε συνέντευξη Τύπου την Τρίτη, όπως αναφέρει το AFP.
"He is thinking about it. He has the desire to return and we will do everything we can to make it happen," he added.
The former NSA employee has been living in Russia since 2013. He was found there via Hong Kong the first place left after the first leaks of several classified files of the US National Security Agency.
The US authorities asked him to surrender when he showed up at Moscow airport. The best assurance he was able to obtain from his homeland was a confirmation from the US Attorney General that he would not face the death penalty.
So he decided to seek asylum in Russia. Since then he has been stuck in the country probably under US pressure and since he was granted political asylum in the summer of 2013. The permission παραμονής του από το 2013 έχει επεκταθεί σε τρία έτη. Η ζωή του δεν είναι εύκολη όμως καθώς προσπαθεί να κρύβεται αποφεύγοντας τις μυστικές υπηρεσίες που τον αναζητούν. Ζει μια "μοναχική ζωή", σύμφωνα με το AFP.
Recently, however, his companion Edward Snowden, Lindsay Mills moved to live with him in Moscow.
