Monday, July 1, 2013

Russian President Putin: Snowden Can Stay In Russia If He Stops Leaks

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference, part of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), at the Kremlin in Moscow, July 1, 2013.

Putin: Snowden Can Stay in Russia if He Stops Leaks -- Voice of America

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country has never extradited anyone before and that U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden could remain in Moscow if he stopped issuing leaks.

Putin said Monday that if Snowden wants to stay in Russia he "must stop his work aimed at harming our American partners - no matter how strange this may sound coming from me."

The Russian president said the former U.S. spy agency contractor "is not a Russian agent," repeating that Russian intelligence services were not working with Snowden, who is believed to remain in the transit area at Moscow's international airport eight days after arriving from Hong Kong.

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More News On Russian President Putin Stating That Edward Snowden Could Remain In Moscow If He Stopped Issuing Leaks

Putin Says Snowden Must Stop Hurting U.S. to Stay in Russia -- New York Times
Putin: Snowden must stop "damaging our American partners" -- CBS/AP
Putin: Snowden Must Stop His Activism If He Wants to Stay in Russia -- Wall Street Journal
Putin: Edward Snowden can stay in Russia if he stops leaks -- L.A. Times
Has Putin changed his mind on hosting Snowden? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: Edward Snowden is not listening .... threatening even more leaks.

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