Edward Snowden, center, during a meeting with human rights activists at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on July 12. © AFP 2013/ Tanya Lokshina/Human Rights Watch
U.S. Lawmakers Want Sanctions On Any Country Taking In Snowden -- Reuters
(Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel voted unanimously on Thursday to seek trade or other sanctions against Russia or any other country that offers asylum to former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up for weeks at a Moscow airport.
The 30-member Senate Appropriations Committee adopted by consensus an amendment to a spending bill that would direct Secretary of State John Kerry to meet with congressional committees to come up with sanctions against any country that takes Snowden in.
Snowden is wanted by the United States on espionage charges for revealing details of government intelligence programs. He arrived in Moscow on June 23 from Hong Kong, where he had fled to escape capture and trial in the United States.
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American bullying won't work with Russia, it will only further damage relations, and I can't see this taking fruit should Russia accept Snowden.
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