Snowden should address Russian migration service for asylum – Lavrov

Former CIA employee Edward Snowden should address the Russian Federal Migration Service (FMS) if he wants to be granted political asylum in Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, according to Interfax.

“To be granted political asylum, Russian law presumes a certain procedure, and the first step is the filing of an application with the Federal Migration Service,” Lavrov told journalists on Saturday in commenting on Snowden’s statements he made on Friday.

“We have no contacts with Snowden. The issues he discussed yesterday with Russian defenders were extensively covered by the media, and I learned about them just as anybody else,” Lavrov said.