His Moscow lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has also said that he could apply for full Russian citizenship after being resident in the country for five years, which would prevent him from ever being extradited to the US.
Close: Ms Mills, pictured, and Snowden are believed to share an apartment together in Moscow but she does not live in the country permanently.
Loving: Snowden's girlfriend Ms Mills, has been sharing sweet snaps of the couple while the cloud of extradition hangs over them.But this was stopped because of the political climate in the US over Trump's alleged links to Russia.Kucherena insisted that Moscow 'has no legal basis to hand over Snowden'.Despite happy pictures of the whistleblower and his American lover being posted on her social media, 33-year-old Snowden appears to fear that his Russian bolthole could be lost by Putin's quest for better relations with Washington.While America’s most wanted has been told he can stay in Moscow until 2020, he is evidently worried this does not give him enough protection.