Russia considers the former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden a free man and will not extradite him despite Washington charging him with spying, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday, a move likely to deepen a diplomatic row dispute.
Mr Putin told a press conference in Finland that Mr Snowden was still in the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport after arriving there from Hong Kong on Sunday.
“Mr Snowden is a free man,” Mr Putin said. “The sooner he selects his final destination point, the better both for us and for himself.”
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