| Older: Welcome to Moscow’s Transit Lounge, Mr. Snowden |
An empty passenger seat believed to be reserved by former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden is seen on a plane to Cuba in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, June 24, 2013. Russia defied White House pressure on Monday to expel Snowden to the United States before he flees Moscow on the next stop of his globe-crossing escape from U.S. prosecution. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov (RUSSIA – Tags: POLITICS MEDIA TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) – RTX10YWS
| Older: Welcome to Moscow’s Transit Lounge, Mr. Snowden |
James Brooke is VOA Moscow bureau chief, covering Russia and the former USSR. With The New York Times, he worked as a foreign correspondent in Africa, Latin America, Canada and Japan/Koreas. He studied Russian in college during the Brezhnev years, first visited Moscow as a reporter during the final months of Gorbachev, and then came back for reporting forays during the Yeltsin and early Putin years. In 2006, he moved to Moscow to report for Bloomberg. He joined VOA in Moscow in 2010. Follow Jim on Twitter @VOA_Moscow.
