Edward Snowden in a safe place in Russia

Edward Snowden received temporary asylum policy in Russia. It is now in a safe place. Wikileaks relayed about where the critical alarm raiser the Obama administration and thanked Russia for its hospitality.

Edward Snowden, the former NSA agent that triggered the Prism'gate was confined to Moscow-Sheremetyevo airport since 23 June. He was finally able to leave today, following the temporary political asylum that has offered Russia (the Russian authorities issued him a "certificate of obtaining refugee status in the Russian Federation"). He waited for his reply on 16 July, the date of his request for temporary asylum. Moscow seemed reluctant, for obvious diplomatic issues.

Wikileaks claims that the young American is safe, kept secret for security issues. In a statement, the site Julian Assange quotes about Edward Snowden: "During the past eight weeks, we have seen the Obama administration show no respect for international and national laws, but, ultimately, the justice won. Thank Russia to grant me asylum in accordance with its laws and its international obligations. "

Snowden's lawyer announced that his client no longer broadcast of incriminating documents. A few days ago, he gave a paper to the Guardian shedding light on a program used by the NSA and to see "everything that an individual on the Internet. ".

For its part, Washington, who says he wants Edward Snowden, indicted for espionage back in the United States on his own, said he was "extremely disappointed" the White House has even said that Russian-American summit , expected in early September before the G20 summit may be canceled.

Pavel Durov, the founder of the first Russian social network VKontakte entitled (100 million users), Edward Snowden offered a job developer in their offices in St. Petersburg. "To date, there is no European company on Internet more popular than VK. I think Edward might be interested in the protection of personal data of our millions of users (...) We would love him to join the featured stars of our IT team, "he said on his network.