Snowden was allowed to work in Russia

Former American intelligence officers Edward Snowden, who received a temporary shelter, has the right to freely move and work in Russia, Interfax reports.

About this to the agency was told by the head of the FMS department in the suburbs Oleg Molodievsky. He noted that by law, Snowden is forbidden only to engage in activities in the civil service.

Earlier, a lawyer, a member of the Public Chamber, Anatoly Kucheren, said that Edward Snowden found a place for living in Russia, but it will not be disclosed due to security reasons. On August 7, Senator-Sablebrus Ruslan Gattarov promised to open an account with a bank in the coming days, to which everyone will be able to transfer money to Edward Snowden.

The 30-year-old programmer Edward Snowden, who revealed secret data on the collection by the US authorities of private information about Internet users, received a temporary asylum in Russia on August 1 and left the Sheremetyevo Airport, where he spent more than a month without a passport. Snowden thanked Russia's authorities for this step, and in Washington they said that they were disappointed with this decision of Russia. On August 8, US President Barack Obama canceled a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, explaining this to the situation around Edward Snowden.