Doing the chores: A Russian website has published a picture which it claims shows CIA leaker Edward Snowden pushing a shopping trolley in Moscow in the first public image since he was granted asylum
A Russian news website published a photograph today that it claims is the first to show US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden since he emerged from a Moscow airport in August. In the blurry image published by Life News, a casually dressed man sporting a goatee with sunglasses perched on his head is pictured pushing a supermarket trolley full of groceries across a road. A car with partly legible Russian plates and a crossing sign identify the scene as in Russia. 'The photograph was taken in Moscow,' said Life News, which is known for its close ties to the Kremlin and security services. There has been no reported sighting of Snowden since he walked out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on August 1 after obtaining temporary asylum in Russia despite protests from Washington. The 30-year-old former CIA contractor is wanted by the United States after revealing details of massive surveillance by the National Security Agency to the media. Snowden's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has said he is living in a secret location in fear of being tracked down by US law enforcers. Life News published video extracts from an interview with Kremlin-friendly Kucherena, who refused to confirm that 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. The photograph, if genuine, also does not show the bodyguards who Kucherena says accompany Snowden. It was not clear when the photograph was taken, however it is likely to be several weeks old as it is now autumn in Russia and the picture shows trees covered with green leaves. Life News, which is the online wing of popular tabloid Tvoi Den, wrote on a Russian social networking page that it paid 100,000 rubles (about $3,000) for the photograph submitted via its website. Kucherena last month told Itogi weekly magazine that Snowden manages to walk around in disguise. 'He would walk past you and you wouldn't recognise him,' he told Itogi. 'It's a question of clothes and small alterations to his appearance... He really does walk freely around on the streets.' The photograph, if genuine, also does not show the bodyguards who Kucherena says accompany Snowden. It was not clear when the photograph was taken, however it is likely to be several weeks old as it is now autumn in Russia and the picture shows trees covered with green leaves. Life News, which is the online wing of popular tabloid Tvoi Den, wrote on a Russian social networking page that it paid 100,000 rubles (about $3,000) for the photograph submitted via its website. Kucherena last month told Itogi weekly magazine that Snowden manages to walk around in disguise. 'He would walk past you and you wouldn't recognise him,' he told Itogi. 'It's a question of clothes and small alterations to his appearance... He really does walk freely around on the streets.' |
自美國“棱鏡門”爆料者愛德華?斯諾登獲得俄羅斯臨時庇護(hù)后,就從公眾視野消失。10月7日,俄羅斯一家新聞網(wǎng)站公布一張疑似斯諾登上街購物的照片。同日,巴西媒體披露,斯諾登泄露的情報文件顯示,加拿大情報部門監(jiān)控巴西礦業(yè)及能源部通訊。 ***俄網(wǎng)站曝光斯諾登購物照 俄羅斯“生活新聞”(Life News)網(wǎng)站7日公開一張疑似美國中央情報局(CIA)前雇員斯諾登推著超市手推車過馬路的照片。如果這張照片屬實的話,這是斯諾登自8月1日離開莫斯科謝列梅捷沃機場后首次曝光。 照片顯示,一名留著山羊須、貌似斯諾登的男子架著太陽眼鏡,身穿長袖休閑襯衣和牛仔褲,推著一輛裝著大包小包的超市手推車橫穿馬路。附近停泊的汽車上的車牌以及不遠(yuǎn)處的交通標(biāo)志,均表明這張照片是在俄羅斯拍攝的。 “照片攝于莫斯科。”俄羅斯“生活新聞”網(wǎng)站透露,這張照片是以10萬盧布(約合1.9萬元人民幣)購得。不過,目前還不知道照片是在何時拍攝,但估計是在數(shù)周前,因為俄羅斯現(xiàn)正值秋季,而照片中的樹葉仍為綠色。 7日,俄羅斯“生活新聞”網(wǎng)站還發(fā)布了一段斯諾登的俄羅斯律師阿納托利?庫切列納的受訪視頻。“首先,在照片里根本就看不清楚地區(qū)或者其他任何東西,只能看見車牌上的數(shù)字?!睅烨辛屑{拒絕證實斯諾登現(xiàn)居住在莫斯科,但他表示斯諾登會喬裝打扮后出門,并且能夠成功混入人群而不被認(rèn)出,“他可能會從你身旁走過,但你沒有認(rèn)出他。這是衣著打扮和體貌特征略作調(diào)整的緣故……他真的可以自由地行走在大街上?!?/p> 雖然庫切列納早前宣稱斯諾登的積蓄所余無幾,不過俄羅斯“生活新聞”網(wǎng)站指出照片中超市手推車?yán)镅b有至少6個鼓鼓囊囊的購物袋,“正如你所看見的,這位前特工依據(jù)美國人的購物習(xí)慣,買了整整一車的食物,估計這次消費約為1000盧布(約合190元人民幣)”。 另據(jù)俄羅斯媒體報道,斯諾登的父親朗尼?斯諾登近日內(nèi)將抵達(dá)俄羅斯看望兒子。庫切列納透露:“簽證問題已經(jīng)解決,我們預(yù)計斯諾登的父親將很快來到莫斯科,其他親屬也將來俄。” ***傳加拿大監(jiān)控巴西能源部通訊 巴西“環(huán)球電視新聞網(wǎng)”(Globo)7日披露的情報文件顯示,加拿大情報部門監(jiān)控巴西礦業(yè)和能源部的通訊。 據(jù)稱,巴西礦業(yè)和能源部的電話、電郵和網(wǎng)絡(luò)流量元數(shù)據(jù)均遭到加拿大通訊安全局(CSRC)的攔截記錄。該局使用一種名為“奧林匹亞”(Olympia)的軟件追蹤巴西礦業(yè)和能源部與第三方的通訊內(nèi)容,就連他國駐巴西大使館以及拉美能源組織駐當(dāng)?shù)剞k事處與巴西礦業(yè)和能源部的通訊也被監(jiān)控。 巴西“環(huán)球電視新聞網(wǎng)”稱,其報道是基于美國中情局前雇員斯諾登泄露的情報文件,斯諾登是在一場有美國、加拿大、英國、澳大利亞和新西蘭情報分析師參加的會議上獲取這些文件。 巴西礦業(yè)和能源部部長愛迪生?洛邦形容此事事態(tài)“嚴(yán)重”,他說,許多加拿大企業(yè)有意在巴西經(jīng)商,如果監(jiān)控是要鎖定這方面,“我不知道(加拿大當(dāng)局)是不是想幫助某些特定企業(yè)”。 相關(guān)閱讀 俄羅斯建立強大間諜網(wǎng)絡(luò) 欲全面監(jiān)聽索契冬奧會 英半數(shù)飛行員駕駛中打盹 延長飛行時間引擔(dān)憂 (譯者 肉肉融 編輯 Julie) |