Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor, has applied for asylum in Russia in an attempt to end his lengthy stay in legal and diplomatic limbo somewhere in Moscow’s Sheremetevo airport.
美国国家安全局(NSA)前合同工爱德华•斯诺登(Edward Snowden)申请在俄罗斯避难,以结束他在莫斯科谢列梅捷沃机场这个法律与外交中间地带的长期滞留状态。
Kim Shevchenko, an employee at the airport’s consular department, said he had been visited on Sunday evening by Sarah Harrison, a lawyer for WikiLeaks who is travelling with Mr Snowden. “She came at 22.30 and handed me an envelope [with the asylum papers],” Mr Shevchenko said.
机场领事处工作人员基姆•舍夫琴科(Kim Shevchenko)表示,陪斯诺登一起逃难的维基解密(WikiLeaks)律师萨拉•哈里森(Sarah Harrison)周日(6月30日)晚上来找他。舍夫琴科说:“她在22时30分过来,交给我一个(装着避难文件的)信封。”