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EDWARD SNOWDEN 'HAS NOT ENTERED RUSSIA' - LAVROV
13:47 ~U 25.06.13
Russia says it has had no involvement in the travel plans of fugitive
US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
The exact whereabouts of Mr Snowden, who flew to Moscow from Hong
Kong on Sunday, are unclear, BBC reports.
But Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted he had not crossed the
Russian border.
And he told a news conference that US attempts to blame Russia for
his disappearance were "groundless and unacceptable".
"We are in no way involved with either Mr Snowden, his relations with
US justice, nor to his movements around the world," Mr Lavrov said.
Correspondents say Mr Lavrov's comments suggest that Mr Snowden
remained airside after landing in Moscow, and so has technically
never entered Russian territory.
Reuters news agency quotes a Moscow airport source as saying that
Mr Snowden arrived in Moscow from Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon and
was due to depart for the Cuban capital, Havana, the following day,
but did not use the ticket.
The source said he was travelling with Sarah Harrison, a British
legal researcher working for the anti-secrecy group Wikileaks.
Armenian News - Tert.am
13:47 ~U 25.06.13
Russia says it has had no involvement in the travel plans of fugitive
US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
The exact whereabouts of Mr Snowden, who flew to Moscow from Hong
Kong on Sunday, are unclear, BBC reports.
But Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted he had not crossed the
Russian border.
And he told a news conference that US attempts to blame Russia for
his disappearance were "groundless and unacceptable".
"We are in no way involved with either Mr Snowden, his relations with
US justice, nor to his movements around the world," Mr Lavrov said.
Correspondents say Mr Lavrov's comments suggest that Mr Snowden
remained airside after landing in Moscow, and so has technically
never entered Russian territory.
Reuters news agency quotes a Moscow airport source as saying that
Mr Snowden arrived in Moscow from Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon and
was due to depart for the Cuban capital, Havana, the following day,
but did not use the ticket.
The source said he was travelling with Sarah Harrison, a British
legal researcher working for the anti-secrecy group Wikileaks.
Armenian News - Tert.am