Snowden 'Allowed To Leave Moscow Airport'

Edward Snowden has been given a document that allows him to leave a Moscow airport, according to Russia's state news agency.

The document also confirms that Russian authorities are considering his application for temporary asylum.

Snowden has been holed up at Sheremetyevo airport's transit area for a month.

The whistleblower is wanted by the US for leaking information about government surveillance programmes.

It is understood that the Snowden will be able to show the document to passport control officials and leave the airport, says Sky News' Moscow correspondent Katie Stallard.

From there, he could move into Moscow city centre while his asylum application is considered.

That process could take up to three months, according to his Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena.

The 30-year-old had been considering going to South America but has put that move on hold.

Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua have all said they would grant him political asylum but none is reachable by direct commercial flight from Moscow.

Snowden leaked details of top-secret US surveillance programmes - giving details of the monitoring of phone calls and internet data from companies such as Google and Facebook - to The Guardian and Washington Post.

He now faces espionage charges in America.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, mindful of the country's strained relations with the US, has said Snowden can only be granted asylum if he stops leaking secrets.

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