The estranged Whistleblower Snowden has being given temporary asylum in Russia.
US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport where he has been staying since June after being granted temporary asylum.
He left unobserved after receiving, his lawyer said, the necessary papers to enter Russian territory from Sheremetyevo Airport's transit zone.
The US has charged Mr Snowden with leaking details of its electronic surveillance programmes.
Russia's decision is likely to further strain its ties with the US.
A strongly worded US reaction can be expected shortly, as the news sinks in in the US, the BBC's Daniel Sandford reports from Moscow.
Mr Snowden arrived in Moscow on 23 June from Hong Kong, after making his revelations.
The Snowden affair has caused diplomatic ructions around the world, upsetting the United States' close allies and traditional enemies.
SOURCE: the BBC.
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