Iranian woman spent 10 months in the Moscow Airport

[flamingdem]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2007/03/15/kamalfar-family.html

I do not believe that Snowden is at the Moscow airport. I think he's at the Venezuelan Embassy while he awaits the processing of asylum applications for Ecuador and Iceland.

why? Wikileaks had this thing organized and they don't want him suffering like the Iranian woman caught in limbo.

Putin was dishonest on this one, imo



read this:

While in Russia, Azmudeh said, her clients were interviewed by the United Nations refugee agency, but their claim was rejected because of a miscommunication with a Farsi interpreter.

The family spent several months under house arrest in a Moscow hotel until Russian authorities relocated them to the airport last May or June, Azmudeh said.

Kamalfar and her children had no access to showers, slept on the floor and depended on airport staff for food, Azmudeh said.

"I don't think the words have been invented yet to describe the ordeal," she said.


Russian airport hotel for those who can afford it is a bit better:

[Hissyspit]

1. @wikileaks: Mr. Snowden is not being 'de briefed' by the FSB. He is well and WikiLeaks' Harrison is

@wikileaks: Mr. Snowden is not being 'de briefed' by the FSB. He is well and WikiLeaks' Harrison is escorting him at all times. http://t.co/Y1EBv5GCUs

[flamingdem]

2. The question is where

and why did Putin bother to lie.

I suppose they don't want a media crush at an Moscow Embassy but the idea he's at the hotel seems less than likely.

[LeftInTX]

4. Someone on CNN was speculating that there is probably a hidden bunker

Given that this is Russia, it seems very feasible.

[LeftInTX]

3. Off topic, but one Iranian lived at the Paris Airport transit for 17 years!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri



It's 2:30 am, I figured this would be a slow thread at this hour. It's off topic, but an interesting bit of trivia.

[flamingdem]

5. That airport is so cold and noisy

but you can.. meet all kinds of people!

[LeftInTX]

6. I would not know. I've never been there. - LOL

My international travel consists of Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.