Snowden has legal grounds to be Russian citizen: Lawyer
Ex-US intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden will be eligible to obtain Russian citizenship next year, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said. Snowden has now lived in Russia for almost four years and one needs to spend at least 5 years in Russia to seek citizenship, he added. This comes after Snowden's Russian residency permit was extended for another three years. 