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Putin's Stand On Edward Snowden by raytony: 5:58pm On Jul 01, 2013
Can't believe America's enemy actually said this. It feels strange though but it shows you the power of Diplomacy.
Russia's Putin tells Snowden to stop US secrets
leak

Edward Snowden is believed to be staying at
Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told
fugitive former CIA-analyst Edward Snowden
to stop leaking US secrets if he wants to
remain in the country.
He said Moscow had never extradited anyone before
and "has no intention to do so", adding Mr Snowden
was free to go if granted asylum elsewhere.
Edward Snowden, 30, is believed to be holed up in a
Moscow airport hotel.
The US wants to prosecute him over the leaking of
thousands of classified intelligence documents.
The leaks have led to revelations that the US is
systematically seizing vast amounts of phone and
web data.
At the weekend, Germany's Der Spiegel newspaper
and Britain's The Guardian newspaper publicised
allegations that the US has been spying on its EU
allies.
'High level' talks
"Russia never hands over anybody anywhere and
has no intention to do so," Mr Putin told a news
conference in Moscow.
"If he (Snowden) wants to remain here there is one
condition - he should stop his work aimed at
inflicting damage on our American partners no
matter how strange this may sound coming from
me."
This is the clearest indication yet, says the BBC's
Steve Rosenberg in Moscow, that Mr Putin is keen to
avoid damaging relations with Washington over the
Snowden case.
The Russian president also stressed Mr Snowden "is
not our agent and does not co-operate with us", and
Russian secret services "never worked with him and
are not working with him now".
Earlier, senior Russian official Nikolai Patrushev said
both President Putin and his US counterpart, Barack
Obama, had told the chiefs of their security services
to "keep in contact and find solutions" to resolve the
stand-off over Mr Snowden.
Mr Patrushev, secretary of Russia's Security
Council, told Russian media that there was no simple
solution to the situation.
Mr Putin was speaking at the same time President
Obama confirmed to reporters that Washington had
held "high level" discussions with Russia about Mr
Snowden's extradition.
Re: Putin's Stand On Edward Snowden by braine(m): 6:05pm On Jul 01, 2013
People do some awkward things sometimes for self interest.
Re: Putin's Stand On Edward Snowden by Waspy(m): 6:56pm On Jul 01, 2013
Snowden is just buying time for himself...He knws how this is going to end, and on the other hand, it might be one of America's scare tactics.
Re: Putin's Stand On Edward Snowden by donchris999: 7:01pm On Jul 01, 2013
Putin must have gotten all the information he needs from snowden and is now trying to be diplomatic here. Putin and russia really need those informations, as long as it is america. This is a dream come true for russia and putin, i mean putin never believed this day will come in his life. Hmmmmm.

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