Fugitive Edward Snowden Leaves Moscow Airport

Fugitive Edward Snowden has left Moscow airport where he has been holed up for more than a month.

The wanted US intelligence whistleblower has been granted a year's asylum in Russia, his lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena revealed.

An airport spokeswoman added he had left within the last two hours - crossing the Russian border for the first time.

Mr Kucherena said the American had left in a normal taxi on his own. 

"His location is not being made public for security reasons since he is the most pursued man on the planet. He himself will decide where he will go," the lawyer said.

President Putin had approved the asylum request on condition the American stopped leaking US secrets, the lawyer said, adding his client had agreed to the condition.

Snowden had been stuck in the transit zone of the Sheremetyevo airport

Snowden, 30, is wanted by the US on felony charges after leaking details of vast surveillance programmes, but Russia has refused to extradite him.

Interviewed by Rossiya 24 television, Mr Kucherena held up a scanned copy of his client's certificate granting him a year's temporary asylum in Russia.

"He has gone to a safe place. I hope you will be understanding about this information," he told the TV station.

The whistleblower had been stuck in the transit zone of the Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow since he flew in from Hong Kong on June 23.

His awarding of asylum status in Russia comes two days after US soldier Bradley Manning was convicted of spying for leaking US secrets to anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.

Snowden's case has further strained U.S.-Russian ties already tense amid differences over Syria, U.S. criticism of Russia's human rights record and other issues.

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