where he should have a fair trial, that russia still has the ability do the right thing. reporter: edward snowden s application for temporary asylum in russia is being processed and that could take up to three months. it could be possible he could leave the airport before then, but at the moment it does not look likely. wednesday afternoon russian media reported they had already received the necessary documents to cross the immigration zone and cross into russia to wait here while his consideration is being considered. they traveled to the airport and met with him in a secure zone and returned saying the reports are not true, he has not yet received the documents and he does not know when he ll receive them. he said normally by now under u.n. process an asylum seeker would be allowed to enter the country. the delay in this case, he said,