Edward Snowden
Moscow, July 1 –Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden can stay in Russia if he wants to.According to the RIA Novosti news agency, Putin said: “If he wants to go somewhere [another country] and is accepted, he can. If he wants to stay here, there is one condition: He must stop his work aimed at harming our U.S. partners.” There are now reports Monday afternoon that Snowden has requested asylum in Russia.
The Russian leader said Russia had no plans to extradite Snowden to the United States. And he denied that Snowden ever had any ties with Russian intelligence services.
Snowden, a former contractor at the U.S. National Security Agency, blew the lid on his country’s secret global surveillance program and is now wanted on espionage charges.
Source: RHC
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