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SNOWDEN WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR RUSSIA ASYLUM - KREMLIN
July 2, 2013 - 12:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence
contractor wanted by the United States for leaking state secrets,
asked for asylum in Russia but withdrew his request after hearing
Russia's conditions for granting it, a Kremlin spokesman said Tuesday,
July 2, accoridng to RIA Novosti.
"Snowden did voice a request to remain in Russia. Then, yesterday,
hearing President Putin outline Russia's position regarding the
conditions under which he could do this, he withdrew his request
for permission to stay in Russia," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
told journalists.
On Monday evening, Putin said: "If he wants to go somewhere [another
country] and is accepted, he can. If he wants to stay here, there is
one condition: He must stop his work aimed at harming our U.S.
partners, no matter how strange this may sound coming from me."
Peskov confirmed that Snowden is in the transit zone of Moscow's
Sheremetyevo airport and had not crossed Russia's state border.
"He [Snowden] does not currently wish to remain in Russia," Peskov
said, and also stressed that Russia's secret services have never
worked with Snowden."He is not their agent," Peskov clarified.
Earlier on Tuesday, the WikiLeaks site published a list of 21 countries
to which Snowden had submitted asylum requests.
In addition to Cuba, Ecuador and Iceland, which had been rumored to
be his preferred destinations, the list also includes countries in
Western Europe such as Austria, France, Germany and Italy. China is
also on the list.
From: A. Papazian
July 2, 2013 - 12:52 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence
contractor wanted by the United States for leaking state secrets,
asked for asylum in Russia but withdrew his request after hearing
Russia's conditions for granting it, a Kremlin spokesman said Tuesday,
July 2, accoridng to RIA Novosti.
"Snowden did voice a request to remain in Russia. Then, yesterday,
hearing President Putin outline Russia's position regarding the
conditions under which he could do this, he withdrew his request
for permission to stay in Russia," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
told journalists.
On Monday evening, Putin said: "If he wants to go somewhere [another
country] and is accepted, he can. If he wants to stay here, there is
one condition: He must stop his work aimed at harming our U.S.
partners, no matter how strange this may sound coming from me."
Peskov confirmed that Snowden is in the transit zone of Moscow's
Sheremetyevo airport and had not crossed Russia's state border.
"He [Snowden] does not currently wish to remain in Russia," Peskov
said, and also stressed that Russia's secret services have never
worked with Snowden."He is not their agent," Peskov clarified.
Earlier on Tuesday, the WikiLeaks site published a list of 21 countries
to which Snowden had submitted asylum requests.
In addition to Cuba, Ecuador and Iceland, which had been rumored to
be his preferred destinations, the list also includes countries in
Western Europe such as Austria, France, Germany and Italy. China is
also on the list.
From: A. Papazian