Russia not to hand over Snowden to U.S.: Kremlin
Russia
will not extradite fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward
Snowden to his home country, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
Friday.
MOSCOW, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Russia will not extradite fugitive U.S.
intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden to his home country,
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
"President Vladimir Putin has not participated in the discussion of the issue with U.S. colleagues," Peskov told reporters, adding that the Federal Security Service (FSB) was in talks with its U.S. counterpart FBI over Snowden's fate. Peskov added that Russia would not hand Snowden over to the United States. On Thursday, the Russian Justice Ministry said it had received a letter from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder explaining some aspects of the U.S. position on the status of Snowden, but it had not contained an extradition request from Washington. Related: U.S. wants Russia to "return" Snowden, not "extradite": ambassador MOSCOW, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The United States does not ask Russia to extradite Edward Snowden but just wants him returned, U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Thursday. "The U.S. doesn't ask to 'extradite' but simply to return Mr. Snowden," he wrote in his Twitter account. Full story Snowden remains at Moscow airport, exit date pending MOSCOW, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Speculation that fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden had been granted approval to leave Sheremetyevo airport's transit zone was quashed by his lawyer Wednesday. Anatoly Kucherena told reporters after meeting Snowden in the Terminal E of the airport that the Federal Migration Service (FMS) had not yet granted the necessary certificate. Full story U.S. seeking clarity on Snowden's status WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The White House said Wednesday that it was seeking clarity from the Russian authorities about the status of Edward Snowden, a fugitive American intelligence leaker marooned in the transit area of a Moscow airport for the past month. Spokesman Jay Carney was responding to conflicting accounts of Snowden's status, in which the 30-year-old former intelligence contractor was said to leave the transit zone on Wednesday after receiving the papers needed for further travel, a claim dismissed later by his lawyer. Full story COPY http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world |
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