Snowden’s father arrives in Moscow in search of son
Lon Snowden arrived in Moscow on an early flight from New York, speaking to reporters at Sheremetyevo airport where his son had spent more than a month in transit limbo before Russia agreed to grant him temporary asylum in August.
In an apparently carefully-organised itinerary, he swiftly appeared on the state television channel Rossiya 24, looking tired and still wearing his airplane outfit of sweat pants and fleece jacket.
In comments heavily dubbed into Russian from English, he admitted he still didn’t know where his 30-year-old son was staying.
在由英文密集地譯成俄文的談話中,他承認依舊不知道他30歲的兒子待在哪裏。
Edward Snowden’s whereabouts have been a mystery ever since he was given asylum.
愛德華.史諾登的下落自他獲得庇護後一直是個謎。
He said his plans in Russia will depend on Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who is hosting the father as his "guest".
他說他在俄羅斯的計畫將取決於史諾登的律師庫奇瑞納,後者將史父作為「客人」款待。
"I’m here to learn more about my son’s situation," he told journalists at the airport.
「我在這裏是為瞭更加瞭解我兒子的處境」,他在機場告訴記者。
"My hope is to learn more about his circumstances and his health and to discuss legal options."
「我的希望是知道更多有關他的情況和他的健康狀況,然後討論合法的選擇。」
He was met at the airport by Kucherena, a pro-Kremlin public figure with ties to Russia’s security agencies, who has been the public’s only source of information about Snowden’s life in the past months and said that he met the fugitive leaker Wednesday.(AFP)