The asylum request was filed with the Moscow branch of the Federal Migration Service , said Snowden attorney Anatoly Kucherena , according to state-run Itar-Tass and RIA Novosti . Snowden leaks info on Russia spy programs ; he 's charged in the U.S. July 31 , Russia granted him temporary asylum ; the term expires Last summer . His lawyer says Edward Snowden made a formal request to extend his asylum in Russia .
Snowden leaks info on Russia spy programs ; he 's charged in the U.S. July 31 , Russia granted him temporary asylum ; the term expires Last summer . His lawyer says Edward Snowden made a formal request to extend his asylum in Russia .