No Time Limit For Snowden's Stay At Transit Zone: Russian Authorities

[Purveyor]

MOSCOW, July 27 (Xinhua) -- Russian laws do not limit the time for U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden's stay at the transit zone of a Moscow airport, the Justice Ministry said Saturday.

"Russian law does not stipulate the duration of time for which a foreign citizen may stay in the airport's transit zone or liability for staying for a long time in an airport's transit zone without documents," the ministry said in a statement quoted by the Interfax news agency.

When a foreign citizen applies for a temporary stay on Russian territory, a territorial body of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) will make a decision on whether to grant a temporary asylum within three months, the statement said.

When granted asylum and passing a mandatory medical examination, the person "is entitled to receive a standard certificate from a territorial FMS body," it added.

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[darkangel218]

1. K&R!

[Electric Monk]

2. Reminds me of that Tom Hanks movie

(found here)

[darkangel218]

3. Are you mad, bro?

[Tx4obama]

5. See Comment #4

[Tx4obama]

4. The record holder for the longest stay in an airport is: Mehran Karimi Nasseri - 18 years

Mehran Karimi Nasseri (born 1942), also known as Sir Alfred Mehran, is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment. His autobiography has been published as a book (The Terminal Man) and was the basis for the movie The Terminal.

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Having claimed to have one British parent, although he has produced no evidence to support this, he decided to settle in the UK in 1986, but en route there in 1988, his briefcase containing his papers was stolen in Paris.[4] Despite this setback, he boarded the plane for London but was promptly returned to France when he failed to present a passport to British immigration. He was initially arrested by the French, but then released as his entry to the airport was legal and as he had no country of origin to be returned to; thus began his residency at Terminal 1.

His case was later taken on by French human rights lawyer Christian Bourget. In 1992, French courts ruled that, having entered the country legally, he could not be expelled from the airport, but it could not grant him permission to enter France.

Attempts were then made to have new documents issued from Belgium, but the authorities there would only do so if Nasseri presented himself in person. However, under Belgian law a refugee who voluntarily leaves a country that has accepted him cannot return. In 1995, the Belgian authorities granted permission for him to return, but only if he agreed to live there under supervision of a social worker. Nasseri refused this on the grounds of wanting to enter the UK as originally intended.

Nasseri's stay at the airport ended in July 2006 when he was hospitalized and his sitting place dismantled. Towards the end of January 2007, he left the hospital and was looked after by the airport's branch of the French Red Cross; he was lodged for a few weeks in a hotel close to the airport. On March 6, 2007, he transferred to an Emmaus charity reception centre in Paris's twentieth arrondissement. As of 2008, he continues to live in a Paris shelter.

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Full BIO, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri

[flamingdem]

6. ut oh. Is that a way of saying

he's not leaving anytime soon?

[darkangel218]

7. I believe it means he's not under any threat of being forced to leave

[Cali_Democrat]

9. I hope he likes Cinnabon

[darkangel218]

10. Dont let this OP upset you too much!

[Cali_Democrat]

12. Upset me?

Why in the world would this OP upset me?

[darkangel218]

13. .

[delrem]

8. good

I just can't stand the denigrations of Snowden.
The worst I can think of is that bloated Bill Maher calling Snowden "kooky".

What a fucking prick.

What I say to Snowden is continue as long as you can, brother.
I wish you a life of peace and happiness when this is finished.

[darkangel218]

11. +1 million

[HumansAndResources]

14. Maher is the perfect example of "Becoming The Other"

He got a warning when he lost his other show - must have been rough. Now he tows the "party line" - pretty much all the time. I'm guessing he likes the money - and his hot tub - a lot more than the truth.

Remember, this is a man who "fears the terrorists" all the time - and ignores the FACT that ending the overseas meddling by "our" (sic) government would END the threat of terrorists forever.

[delrem]

15. I think when you mentioned "hot tubs" you spoke the truth.

Is the problem with the MSM that there's *too much* money delivered for job done?
So near every journalist gets collected by $$!$$ and photo-ops, and an otherwise senseless demand.