Russian official confirms asylum request from NSA leaker
Russian consular official says American whistle-blower Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in the country.
Kim Shevchenko, the duty officer at the Russian Foreign Ministry's consular office, told reporters on Monday that Snowden’s representative, Sarah Harrison, gave his request at the consular office at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on Sunday.
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Snowden may stay in Russia under “one condition: he should stop his work aimed at inflicting damage on our American partners no matter how strange this may sound coming from my lips.”
Snowden has been holed up at the airport since June 23 when he travelled from Hong Kong to avoid US extradition.
Washington has called on Ecuador, Cuba, Venezuela, and Russia not to provide political asylum to Snowden.
The US has reportedly revoked Snowden’s passport, with State Department spokesperson, Jen Psaki, saying the fugitive “should not be allowed to proceed in any further international travel, other than is necessary to return him to the US.”
Snowden leaked two top secret US government spying programs under which the NSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are eavesdropping on millions of American and European phone records and the Internet data from major Internet companies such as Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
Several US government officials including President Obama and FBI director Robert Mueller have defended the secret spying programs claiming that they are essential to the fight against terrorism.
斯诺登终于向俄国提出政治避难要求(英文)
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finally, a right move!
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07/01/2013 postreply
10:56:46
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很多人不明白,政治避难是要申请的,否则算是绑架还是逮捕?
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07/01/2013 postreply
11:05:11
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其实中国香港可以留他。回复:很多人不明白,,,
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07/01/2013 postreply
17:27:20
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背叛信仰啊,普京可是被liberals 评为10大言论自由公敌,呵呵
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07/01/2013 postreply
11:16:46
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人总要先顾脑袋,再顾信仰,没有脑袋,哪有信仰?相信你也一样!
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07/01/2013 postreply
11:19:33
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不是说砍头不要紧,只要主义真么,呵呵
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07/01/2013 postreply
19:30:48
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可惜他不是共产党啊,你可以让Macain参议员教教他!
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07/01/2013 postreply
19:40:45
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虚伪的liberals 这次怎么没见他们要求自己政府主持正义啊?
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07/01/2013 postreply
16:04:13
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被避难了
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07/01/2013 postreply
20:10:18
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老帽子厉害,欲擒故纵,现自投落网,放进来审一下就知道这泄密是真是假。
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07/01/2013 postreply
20:44:47