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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. 1 Like |
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