Edward Snowden is meeting with human rights advocates in the Moscow airport. The first hint of news coming from the meeting is via New York Times Moscow correspondent Ellen Barry who tweets:
Big news is that #Snowden is applying for political asylum in Russia, despte Putin's condition that he stop publishing. from @TanyaLokshina
— Ellen Barry (@EllenBarryNYT) July 12, 2013
Tanya Lokshina, referred to there by Barry, is with Human Rights Watch and was one of those meeting with Snowden.