Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor on the lam in Russia after disclosing secrets about the U.S. spying program, may be leaving a Moscow airport soon.
A Russian state news agency is reporting Wednesday that a lawyer will hand-deliver Snowden documents allowing him to leave the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow and legally enter Russia.
Snowden is believed to have been staying at the airport transit zone since June 23, when he arrived on a flight from Hong Kong.
Prosecutors charged Snowden last month with espionage and theft of government property.
On Monday, the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow demanded Russia turn over Snowden.
"Mr. Snowden ought to be returned to the United States to face the felony charges against him," Ambassador Michael McFaul said via Twitter.
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