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Report: Kremlin Says Russia Didn’t Know Snowden Was Coming To Moscow
Report: Kremlin Says Russia Didn’t Know Snowden Was Coming To Moscow
A Kremlin spokesperson said Monday that the Russian government had no advance knowledge that Edward Snowden, the source of the National Security Agency leaks, was traveling to Moscow, according to the Wall Street Journal.
President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told the Journal that Russia wouldn't intervene in the Snowden matter by holding him or returning him to the U.S. to face charges.
"It is not a question for us," Peskov told The Wall Street Journal. "We don't know what his plans are and we were unaware he was coming here."
Snowden arrived in Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport late Sunday, and is expected to leave Monday afternoon on a flight bound for Cuba.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-kremlin-says-russia-didnt-know-snowden-was
A Kremlin spokesperson said Monday that the Russian government had no advance knowledge that Edward Snowden, the source of the National Security Agency leaks, was traveling to Moscow, according to the Wall Street Journal.
President Vladimir Putin's spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told the Journal that Russia wouldn't intervene in the Snowden matter by holding him or returning him to the U.S. to face charges.
"It is not a question for us," Peskov told The Wall Street Journal. "We don't know what his plans are and we were unaware he was coming here."
Snowden arrived in Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport late Sunday, and is expected to leave Monday afternoon on a flight bound for Cuba.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/report-kremlin-says-russia-didnt-know-snowden-was
Snowden A No Show On Flight From Russia To Cuba
MAX SEDDON
MOSCOW (AP) — A plane took off from Moscow Monday headed for Cuba, but the seat booked by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was empty, and there was no sign of him elsewhere on board.
An Aeroflot representative who wouldn’t give her name told The Associated Press that Snowden wasn’t on flight SU150 to Havana. AP reporters on the flight couldn’t see him.
The Interfax news agency also quoted an unidentified Russian security source in Moscow as saying that Snowden wasn’t on the plane.
The airline said earlier Snowden registered for the flight using his U.S. passport, which American officials say has been annulled.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/snowden-a-no-show-on-flight-from-russia-to-cuba.php
MAX SEDDON
MOSCOW (AP) — A plane took off from Moscow Monday headed for Cuba, but the seat booked by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was empty, and there was no sign of him elsewhere on board.
An Aeroflot representative who wouldn’t give her name told The Associated Press that Snowden wasn’t on flight SU150 to Havana. AP reporters on the flight couldn’t see him.
The Interfax news agency also quoted an unidentified Russian security source in Moscow as saying that Snowden wasn’t on the plane.
The airline said earlier Snowden registered for the flight using his U.S. passport, which American officials say has been annulled.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/snowden-a-no-show-on-flight-from-russia-to-cuba.php
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is because he was secreted away by the KGB to learn of any secrets he may possess. 