Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked thousands of classified documents, was allegedly photographed getting groceries in Russia.
The Russian Life News website published a photo of a man who looks like Snowden walking with a shopping cart filled with items.
The man has a goatee and is dressed casually.
A car with what appears to be Russian license plate is seen in the background.
“The photograph was taken in Moscow,” said Life News, according to the Daily Telegraph, which points out that Life News has ties with the Kremlin and Russian security services.
Snowden has not been seen since he left a Moscow airport in August after he got temporary asylum from Russia, which angered the U.S.
He is wanted by Washington after he leaked details about the NSA’s secret spying program.
In an interview, Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena refused to tell Life News if Snowden is living in Moscow. “Let’s take as a starting point that on the photograph that came into your possession you can’t see the region or anything, only numbers (on a car number plate),” he said.
Kucherena also claimed that Snowden has bodyguards protecting him, but in the new photo, there appear to be none guarding him.
