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Map: Tracking how countries are answering Snowden’s asylum requests (Max Fisher/The Washington Post)
Snowden Retracts Russia Asylum Bid as Refuge Options Narrow -- Bloomberg Buisinessweek
Edward Snowden failed in asylum bids from Latin America to Europe after withdrawing his request for refuge in Russia because of the demand that he stop harming U.S. interests by leaking secret documents.
“Theoretically, Snowden could stay in the Russian Federation, but with one condition -- that he give up his intention to carry out anti-American actions,” President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters today. “As far as we know, he refuses to do so.”
Snowden, who remains stuck in the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after arriving June 23 from Hong Kong, won’t be handed over to the U.S. to face espionage charges because of human-rights concerns, according to Peskov. Putin said yesterday that Snowden must quit hurting U.S. interests if he wants to remain in Russia, after the American sought asylum.
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More News On NSA Leaker Edward Snowden's Asylum Bids
Snowden asylum bid: 1 withdrawn, 9 denied, 11 pending -- RT
Snowden's asylum options dwindle -- AL Jazeera
Edward Snowden's options dwindle after political asylum rejections -- The Guardian
Snowden waits in Moscow as asylum rejections pile up (+video) -- Christian Science Monitor
Edward Snowden seeks asylum in 20 nations, but gets no immediate takers -- CBS/AP
Snowden Applies for Asylum in More than 20 Countries -- Voice of America
Edward Snowden says he risks the death penalty as escape routes narrow -- The Telegraph
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