Lawyer : He will leave London 's International Airport in the next few days . He applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday ; application is pending . Putin says U.S.-Russian " ` ` are far more important '' than any intelligence scandal . Within a few days , Snowden should receive a certificate showing that the asylum request is under consideration , and that certificate will allow him to legally leave the airport 's transit area , the attorney said . Snowden has been in the airport transit zone since he left Hong Kong on June 23 .
Lawyer : He will leave London 's International Airport in the next few days . He applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday ; application is pending . Putin says U.S.-Russian " ` ` are far more important '' than any intelligence scandal . Snowden has been in the airport transit zone since he left Hong Kong on June 23 .