Edward Snowden may finally be coming home . A Russian lawyer for Snowden said on Tuesday the fugitive former U.S. spy agency . contractor who leaked details of the government 's mass . surveillance programs was working with American and German . lawyers to return home . His biggest demand it seems is that he be given a fair trial when charged for his offenses . Scroll down for video . Edward Snowden ( above ) may finally return home to the United States it was revealed on Tuesday . Snowden 's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena ( above ) said they were working out a way to solve the issue of his extradition with the United States . ' I wo n't keep it secret that he ... wants to return back . home . And we are doing everything possible now to solve this . issue , ' said his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena while speaking at a news conference about a book he had written on Snowden . 'There is a group of U.S. lawyers , there is also a group . of German lawyers and I 'm dealing with it on the Russian side . ' Moscow granted Snowden asylum in 2013 , and he has been given a three-year residence permit in Russia . This at a time when relations between the two countries are already strained . The United States wants Snowden to stand trial for leaking . extensive secrets of electronic surveillance programs by the . National Security Agency , but Russia has repeatedly refused to . extradite him . He has been charged with theft of government property and two counts of violating the 1917 Espionage Act . And while the government is eager to have Snowden see his day in court , public support for the 31-year-old may be at an all time high . The documentary about Snowden , Citizenfour , won the Oscar last week , with director Laura Poitras ( left ) , journalist Glenn Greenwald ( center ) , and Snowden 's girlfriend Lindsay Mills ( right ) accepting the award . Just last week the documentary Citzenfour , which examined the leaking of these classified documents by Snowden to journalist Glenn Greenwald , and his quest for asylum in the aftermath , took home the Oscar for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards . Snowden 's girlfriend , Lindsay Mills , was there to accept the award alongside Greenwald and the film 's director , Laura Poitras . He was also interviewed by New York Times media columnist David Carr in the esteemed journalist 's last ever public appearance . In a recent Reddit AMA , Snowden said that through this all his biggest regret is that he did not come forward with these leaks sooner , believing that if he had he might have limited some of the government 's abuse of their powers .
although Snowden may finally return home to the united States it was revealed on Tuesday . Snowden 's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said they were working out a plan to solve the issue of his extradition with the United States . Snowden has been charged with theft of government property and two counts of violating the 1917 Espionage Act for leaking confidential documents . This comes a week after the documentary about Snowden leaking this information , Citizenfour , won the Oscar for Best reporting . Snowden has stated that he will return home if he is given a fair trial by the United States government . He recently said his biggest regret through this all is that he did not come forward with these charges sooner .