Russian President Vladimir Putin (Vladimir Putin) said Monday he hoped Edward Snowden left three weeks after hiding in a Moscow airport, but also implies that former U.S. spy agencies, contractors are moving to meet Russia's asylum conditions.
Snowdon on June 23 arrived in Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport from Hong Kong, hoping to travel to a country that will protect him from the United States, he said the U.S. government intelligence program details.
Putin said that Washington has trapped Snowdon prevent him to reach other countries, it may take him, however, wary of Moscow's former Cold War destroy the enemy, has said that Russia will give him political asylum, and only when he stopped action, possibly to the United States harmful.
"Given the chance, he moved away, I hope he can do it," Putin said during the visit, in the Gulf of Finland to Gogland Island.
"(Russia) conditions to give him political asylum was his knowledge, his latest action point of view, he took his position, but this has not been clarified."
Snowdon, 30, told the meeting last Friday Sheremetyevo transit area of ??human rights activist, he was in Russia, until he could secure to Latin America, these three countries have indicated that they might lead him to seek temporary shelter
He has been unable to reach any of these countries - Nicaragua, Venezuela or Bolivia - because there are no direct flights to Moscow, he would take the risk that he passed by the United States and its allies prohibited.
Circumstances, Putin is an increasingly embarrassing problem, Moscow and Washington to improve ties, he was ready in early September, U.S. President Barack Obama's summit held in Moscow on the G20 summit in Russia.
"We have a certain relationship with the United States, we do not want to let you destroy our relationships, your activities," Putin said, referring to Snowdon.
Q: What is your next step how to go Snowdon, Putin's former KGB spy, said: "how do I know this is his life, his fate."
Uninvited guest
He also alienated Russia Snowdon and his political activities, previous occasions, he had talked about the case in public places, avoid use this opportunity to gloat in the United States failed to catch him.
"He was not invited to our territory, we did not invite him, we are not his final destination, he fly in transit to other countries, but in the air at the moment, he ...... our American cooperation partners, in fact, blocking his flight, "Putin said.
"They scared all other countries, no one is willing to take him and in this way, in fact, they have to stop him in our own territory," he said. "
Washington has revoked the passports of Snowdon, and hope to extradite him to the United States faces espionage charges.
Russia accused the United States often nothing preach human rights abroad, and many pro-Kremlin politicians cast as a defender of civil rights Snowdon practice at home. Putin also accused the United States supported the protesters demanding an end to his long reign.
But the Kremlin has to avoid the procession Snowdon before the camera, and repeatedly avoid embarrassment, the United States young American flight from U.S. justice.
Tatyana Lokshina US-based campaign group Human Rights Watch, said the shelter conditions with Putin, he believes there is no problem, because he believed he had done no harm to the United States on Friday to meet Housinuodeng. Putin did not say what led him to believe that the position of Snowdon transfer.
Russia has made it clear that the transit area between the runway as a neutral territory and passport control, and hinted that it does not wish to upset the United States also allows Snowdon embarked on what it sees as Russia and Turkey.
 



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