Snowden's father, family lawyer set to visit Russia
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Washington (dpa) - The father of US whistleblower Edward Snowden and the family's lawyer have received Russian visas and will travel there "very soon," they told broadcaster ABC on Sunday.
Lawyer Bruce Fein, who appeared on ABC's This Week show with Lon Snowden, said: "We have visas, we have a date, which we won't disclose right now because of the frenzy."
Fein added: "We intend to visit with Edward and suggest criminal defence attorneys who have got experience in Espionage Act prosecutions."
On August 2, Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum for one year and let him leave Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, where he had been staying for almost five weeks.
