斯諾登獲得俄羅斯3年居留許可

Moscow has granted US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden a three-year residency permit, in a decision that will further hit Russian-US relations, writes Courtney Weaver.

俄羅斯已向美國國家安全局(NSA)爆料者愛德華•斯諾登(Edward Snowden)發放爲期3年的居留許可，這一決定將進一步影響俄美關係。

Anatoly Kucherena, Mr Snowden’s Moscow lawyer, said yesterday that the Russian government had given Mr Snowden a three-year residency permit valid from August 1. He added that it had not granted Mr Snowden political asylum.

斯諾登在莫斯科的律師阿納託利•庫齊利納(Anatoly Kucherena)昨日表示，俄羅斯政府已向斯諾登發放爲期3年的居留許可，將從8月1日起生效。他補充稱，俄羅斯並未向斯諾登提供政治庇護。

Mr Snowden will have permission to travel abroad on condition that he return to Russia within three months.

斯諾登將獲得在國外旅行的許可，條件是他在3個月內返回俄羅斯。

“This is not about political asylum,” Mr Kucherena told reporters. “This is about temporary residence on Russian territory.”

“這並非政治庇護，”庫齊利納告訴記者，“而是在俄羅斯領土上的臨時居住權。”

Mr Snowden arrived in Moscow last summer after an extended stay in the Sheremetyevo Airport transit zone. While the former NSA contractor is believed to be living in the Moscow region, he has never been seen in public and little is known about his daily existence.

去年夏季，在長期滯留莫斯科謝列梅捷沃國際機場中轉區後，斯諾登抵達莫斯科。儘管這位美國國家安全局前合同工據信生活在莫斯科地區，但他從未出現在公衆視野中，關於他日常生活的消息也非常少。

After fleeing the US for Hong Kong last year, Mr Snowden travelled to Moscow with plans to board a flight to Havana and continue onwards to South America. But he chose to stay in Moscow, rather than risk being extradited back to the US.

去年在逃離美國來到香港後，斯諾登前往莫斯科，計劃登上飛往哈瓦那的航班，然後飛往南美。但他選擇留在莫斯科，而不是冒險被引渡回美國。