As it happened: Spy-leaker Snowden seeks refuge

Key Points

• Ex-CIA employee Edward Snowden has arrived in the Russian capital, Moscow, from Hong Kong, where he was in hiding
• Mr Snowden has asked Ecuador for political asylum, the country's foreign minister confirms
• Mr Snowden is wanted in the US for leaking details of the government's programme of widespread internet and telephone surveillance
• Washington was trying to extradite Mr Snowden on charges of espionage but Hong Kong said it had not met the requirements
• Whistleblowing site Wikileaks said it was helping Mr Snowden find "political asylum in a democratic country"
• All times in BST (GMT+1)