When it became known that Edward Snowden flew out of Hong Kong to Moscow, a wave of rumors covered the capital: a former CIA officer was about to ask for political asylum from the Kremlin, no, Moscow is only an intermediate stop on the way to Havana, and Havana is not a final point, since he is sent to Venezuela or Iceland. After his landing in Sheremetyevo, it turned out that Snowden asked for asylum in Ecuador.