National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has been granted asylum in Russia for one year and left the transit zone of Moscow airport, his lawyer says.

US sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden have advanced in Congress as the 30-year-old National Security Agency leaker remained in a Moscow airport while Russia weighed a request for him to stay permanently.

US security whistleblower Edward Snowden has asked for temporary asylum in Russia, according to reports.

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wants asylum in Russia and is willing to stop sharing information as a trade-off for such a deal, according to a parliament member who was among a dozen activists and officials to meet with him.

Edward Snowden plans to seek asylum in Russia, an MP among those meeting the NSA leaker said today.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has accepted Venezuela’s offer of political asylum, according to the head of the Russian parliament’s foreign affairs committee.

An influential Russian parliament member who often speaks for the Kremlin is encouraging NSA leaker Edward Snowden to accept Venezuela’s offer of asylum.

Secrets whistleblower Edward Snowden’s best chance of finding refuge may hinge on the president of Venezuela, who is in Moscow meeting president Vladimir Putin.

Intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in 21 countries, the WikiLeaks website said today.

The whistleblower Edward Snowden has accused President Obama of "wheeling and dealing" in attempts to block his efforts to seek asylum.

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden will have to stop leaking US secrets if he wants to get asylum in Russia, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday — but he believes he has no intention of doing so.

Secrets whistleblower Edward Snowden has asked for asylum in Russia, according to a Russian consular official.

The father of US NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden has acknowledged that his son broke the law but does not think he committed treason.

The United States won’t be scrambling military jets or engaging in high-level diplomatic bartering to get National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden extradited, President Barack Obama said today.

Ecuador could take months to decide whether to grant asylum to fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden, its foreign minister has said.

Venezuela has joined Ecuador in saying it would consider an asylum request from the fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Ecuador’s government is considering an asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor wanted for revealing secrets.

Radioactive metal has been found in the luggage of a passenger bound for Iran, Russian customs agents said today.

WITH eight teams jostling for places in the semi-finals after yesterday’s Champions League draw, another type of match was taking place in the background for thousands of supporters — the battle to find an economy flight.

AER RIANTA has won one of its largest ever contracts which will see it develop operations at a new terminal at Moscow Airport. The deal will generate sales of more than €1 billion over seven years.

An Italian academic feared to have been another victim of the Russian hit squad which killed ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko remains under close observation in hospital today.

THE family of Liam Lawlor yesterday hit out at media coverage of the former politician’s death, saying they were saddened by unsubstantiated claims he had picked up a prostitute before his fatal car crash.

A Russian Il-86 airliner crashed today while taking off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, the Interfax news agency said.