As my colleague Ellen Barry reports on Twitter from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, Human Rights Watch has released the first image of Edward Snowden in Russia, taken at a meeting with rights groups on Friday.
The image was sent to reporters by a participant in the meeting, Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch. The woman seated to Mr. Snowden’s right appeared to be Sarah Harrison, a British WikiLeaks activist.
Ms. Lokshina also revealed that Mr. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, said that he has decided to apply for political asylum in Russia.
