Edward Snowden has been in 'transit' in Moscow for days now. What's the longest possible you can just stay in a terminal?

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If Putin and others are to be believed, Edward Snowden has been airside in transit in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport for close on a week now. Is there an international 'record' that anyone's done not being 'in a country' - but just airside in a terminal?

(The Tom Hank movie comes to mind, but I've no idea how much of that was accurate)






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