Moscow A spokesman for President Vladimir Putin says Russia
has not budged from its refusal to extradite U.S. leaker Edward Snowden, who
has applied for asylum.
Snowden, who is believed to have been staying at the Moscow
airport transit zone since June 23, applied for temporary asylum in Russia last
week. The United States wants him sent home to face prosecution for espionage.
Asked by a reporter whether the government’s position had
changed, Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies that “Russia has never
extradited anyone and never will.” There is no U.S.-Russia extradition treaty.
Peskov also said that Putin is not involved in reviewing
Snowden’s application or discussions of the ex-NSA contractor’s future with the
U.S., though the Russian Security Service, the FSB, had been in touch with the
FBI.
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