Demonstrators hold banner during protest rally in support of former US spy agency NSA contractor Edward Snowden in Berlin July 4, 2013.[Photo/Agencies]
Russia Increasingly Impatient Over Snowden's Airport Stay -- Voice of America
MOSCOW — Edward Snowden should find another country to seek refuge, a Russian official said on Thursday, signaling Moscow's growing impatience over the former U.S. agency spy contractor's lengthening stay at a Moscow airport.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia had received no request for political asylum from Snowden and he had to solve his problems himself after 11 days in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
President Vladimir Putin has refused to extradite the American and Russian officials have delighted in his success in staying out of the United States' clutches since revealing details of secret U.S. government surveillance programs.
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Update #1: Russia increasingly impatient over Snowden's airport stay -- Reuters
Update #2: Edward Snowden: Russia tells US fugitive to seek asylum elsewhere as impatience grows -- ABC News (Australia)
Update #3: Russia Shows Growing Impatience Over Snowden Stay -- News,ax
My Comment: Russia wants him out .... they now have nothing to gain from him, and if he wants to leak more NSA secrets .... best to do it somewhere else. Unfortunately for everyone involved .... requesting asylum for someone like Edward Snowden is no easy task .... and while some are speculating that no one will take him .... I believe that in the end a country like Ecuador/Bolivia/Venezuela/etc. will take him .... Edward Snowden's only problem will be on how to get there without being intercepted by U.S. authorities.
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