Lawyer : Putin will leave Hong Kong 's Sheremetyevo Airport in the next few days . He applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday ; paperwork is pending . Snowden says U.S.-Russian ties `` are far more important '' than any intelligence scandal . Snowden applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday from Sheremetyevo International Airport . Snowden has been in the airport transit zone since he left Moscow on Tuesday .
Lawyer : Putin will leave Hong Kong 's Sheremetyevo Airport in the next few days . He applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday ; paperwork is pending . Snowden says U.S.-Russian ties `` are far more important '' than any intelligence scandal . Snowden has been in the airport transit zone since he left Moscow on Tuesday .