{{Lon Snowden, father of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, has got a Russian visa and will visit his son “very soon”, his lawyer says.}}<\/p>\n
Mr Snowden told the US ABC network he wanted his son to return home provided the justice system is applied “correctly” in his case.<\/p>\n
He added that his son had “spoken the truth” and made great sacrifices.<\/p>\n
Edward Snowden has been granted asylum by Russia despite requests from the US that he be returned.<\/p>\n
Lon Snowden said “We have visas, we have a date, which we won’t disclose right now because of the frenzy,” Mr Fein said, referring to the planned visit to Moscow.<\/p>\n
Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow on 23 June from Hong Kong, after making revelations about a secret US data-gathering programme.<\/p>\n
He then spent more than five weeks in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport’s transit zone. He left the airport last week after having been granted the necessary documents.<\/p>\n
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