The application was filed Sunday night by Sarah Harrison, a representative of WikiLeaks who has been accompanying Snowden on his trip, said on-duty consul Kim Shevchenko, who forwarded the application to the Foreign Ministry by courier. 
	Dmitry Peskov, Putin&#39;s spokesman, would not comment on the report.//DPA 
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Snowden applies for Russian asylum

Moscow - Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden applied for asylum in Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Monday, citing the consular department of the Russian Foreign Ministry at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport.

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