Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who has been at a Moscow airport for more than two weeks has agreed to an offer of political asylum from Venezuela, a top pro-Kremlin lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who has been at a Moscow airport for more than two weeks has agreed to an offer of political asylum from Venezuela, a top pro-Kremlin lawmaker said on Tuesday.

According to Alexei Pushkov, head of the Russian lower house of parliament's international affairs committee, Snowden, as was expected, agreed to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's offer of political asylum.