Attorney Anatoly Kucherena met with NSA leaker Edward Snowden in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport Wednesday. The Russian lawyer is helping the ex-intel contractor with his Russian asylum request. Kucherena left a brown paper shopping bag behind, and the NYT's Robert Mackey writes that this bag contained "a change of clothes and English translations of books by three Russian authors — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov and Nikolai Karamzin — that might help Mr. Snowden, an American, learn about the nation around the airport he has been trapped in for the past month."
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The once-classified tale of Juanita Moody and the Cuban Missile Crisis
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These Movo products on sale will have anyone ready for their closeup in the next viral TikTok video
Before COVID, we used minimal social media to post about cats and our kids. Now, social is a hotspot for viral dances, serious political discussions, and goofy Karen videos the world licks their chops in anticipation for. If you're going to record yourself or someone else being a complete goon, you better have the right… READ THE REST
This anti-snoring mask will help you get the ultimate sleep without the pricey trip for a sleep study
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