"He made a lot of friends here -- and great for him that those Americans who live here and found about his situation and were in touch with him," his Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said。斯諾登的俄羅斯律師安納托利·庫切列納說:“他在這兒交了很多朋友——這些美國人居住在這里,知道了斯諾登的情況并和他保持聯(lián)系,他真是太幸運了。”
Sought by American authorities, Snowden is putting high emphasis on his security now that he can roam freely in Russia, according to his lawyer. "He's concerned about life and health because he believes that people from the American intelligence service are chasing him," Kucherena said. "This is a superpower. And the statements made by the State Department recently are threatening to him."據(jù)斯諾登的律師說,美國當局一直在搜尋斯諾登,現(xiàn)在他可以在俄羅斯境內(nèi)自由活動,會更加注意自身安全。“斯諾登很在意自己的生命健康,因為他深信美國情報機構(gòu)人員還并未放棄抓捕行動。”庫切列納還說:“美國是個超級大國,最近國務院發(fā)表的聲明對他來說也是個威脅。”
Russia's awarding temporary asylum to Snowden -- he can legally stay in Russia for one year, his lawyer said -- has infuriated U.S. officials, so much so that they are reconsidering a planned meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Moscow before a G-20 gathering in St. Petersburg, Russia。俄羅斯向斯諾登提供了臨時庇護,他的律師說斯諾登可以在俄羅斯合法居住一年。俄方的這個舉動令美國官員大為憤怒,以至于他們正在考慮重新安排下月奧巴馬總統(tǒng)和普京總統(tǒng)在莫斯科的會面。該首腦會晤原定于在俄羅斯圣彼得堡G20峰會之前舉行。
In an interview with state-run Russia 24, Kucherena said that Russia "didn't have a choice" in granting his client asylum. "It was a humane decision because Edward couldn't come and buy himself tickets to Havana or any other countries since he had no passport," the attorney told the news outlet。庫切列納在接受俄羅斯國家電視臺24節(jié)目專訪時說,俄羅斯除了為他提供庇護外“別無選擇”。他告訴新聞媒體:“這是一個人道的決定,因為愛德華沒法出去給自己買張飛往哈瓦那或其他國家的機票,因為他沒有護照。”
"So Russia behaved very honest in this situation." The lawyer added: "It's not right to implement any sanctions" against Russia。這位律師還說:“所以俄羅斯此舉十分正確。對俄羅斯實行任何制裁都會有失公允。”
Snowden has said he is afraid he would not get a fair trial if he came back to the United States. If he stays in Russia, he might have a job waiting for him. Pavel Durov, the founder of the social website V Kontakte, offered Snowden a job as a developer in his company's St. Petersburg office。斯諾登曾說若回到美國,他恐怕要面臨不公證裁決;但若留在俄羅斯或許還能找到一份工作。俄羅斯社交網(wǎng)V Kontakt創(chuàng)始立人帕維爾·杜羅夫向斯諾登提供了一份網(wǎng)絡開發(fā)員的工作,就在公司圣彼得堡的辦公室里。
"We would like to thank the Russian people and all those others who have helped to protect Mr. Snowden. We have won the battle -- now the war," WikiLeaks said on Twitter。維基解密也在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布了一條推特:“我們感謝俄羅斯人民和幫助保護斯諾登先生的所有人。我們贏得了一場戰(zhàn)斗,但戰(zhàn)爭還在繼續(xù)。”