斯諾登獲得三年在俄“居留許可”

Former US defense contractor Edward Snowden is seen during an interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor Brian Williams in Moscow in this undated handout photo released May 28, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

"The request was accepted and accordingly Edward Snowden was given a three-year residence permit" which allows him to move about freely and travel abroad, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told journalists.

(斯諾登的)律師阿納托利•庫切列納對記者表示：“申請獲得批復，所以斯諾登又獲得了三年的居留許可”，他可以自由行動，也可以出國。

斯諾登此次獲得的居留許可(residence permit)有效期為3年，屬于臨時居留許可。如果他想長期居住在俄羅斯，并自由出入俄羅斯的話，可以申請長期居留許可(permanent residence permit)，也就是俄羅斯的綠卡(green card)，這種許可有效期為5年。獲得長期居留許可5年之后，便可以申請入籍(naturalization)，成為俄羅斯公民。