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		</div><p>Russian authorities have extended a residence permit for US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked thousands of secret documents from the National Security Agency.</p>
<p>Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a post on Facebook that Mr Snowden’s residence permit had been extended for &#8220;a couple of years&#8221;.</p>
<p>He has been living in Russia since 2013 when he became stranded in the transit area at a Moscow airport after the US cancelled his passport.</p>
<p>The announcement came as US President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, who was convicted for leaking more than 700,000 US documents.</p>
<p>Reporters asked presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov whether Mr Snowden was planning to return to the United States in reaction to the Manning pardon.</p>
<p>Mr Peskov said the Kremlin is not aware of Snowden’s plans.</p>
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