Anatoly Kucherena

Anatoly Kucherena

FILE – In this Friday, July 12, 2013 file photo, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena speaks to the media at Sheremetyevo airport outside Moscow, Russia. Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting Kucherena as saying Tuesday, July 16, 2013 that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has asked for a temporary asylum in Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)