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He has NOT asked Russia for asylum. http://rt.com/news/edward-service-immigration-russian-493/

FTA: Information in the foreign media which states that Snowden asked for asylum “is not true,” Zalina Kornilova, head of FMS press service, told RT.

However, Kim Shevchenko, a consul at Sheremetyevo airport, said that Snowden did apply for asylum in Russia.

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