Edward Snowden never crossed border into Russia, says foreign minister

[ProSense]

Edward Snowden never crossed border into Russia, says foreign minister

Sergei Lavrov's comments about fugitive US whistleblower deepen mystery surrounding his whereabouts

Miriam Elder in Moscow and Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing

Russia's foreign minister has said the surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden never crossed the border into the country...Sergei Lavrov was careful not to deny that Snowden had arrived at Moscow's international airpot on Sunday, but insisted that Russia had no involvement with his travel plans.

Snowden's trans-continental attempt to evade capture by US authorities continued frustrate Washington on Tuesday. The US secretary of state, John Kerry, repeated his call for Moscow to turn Snowden over...in Saudi Arabian, Kerry said: "I would simply appeal for calm and reasonableness. We would hope that Russia would not side with someone who is 'a fugitive' from justice.' "

But Lavrov made it clear that Russia did not intend to get involved. "I would like to say right away that we have no relation to either Mr Snowden or to his relationship with American justice or to his movements around the world," Lavrov said.

"He chose his route on his own, and we found out about it, as most here did, from mass media," he said during a joint press conference with Algeria's foreign minister. "He did not cross the Russian border."

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/25/edward-snowden-never-crossed-russia-border

[Major Hogwash]

1. Didn't we give Russia their 10 spies back a few years ago??

Wasn't there a story just a few years ago about a hot blond that was one of those 10 Russian spies?

I mean, this doesn't sound fair.
Maybe we should ask George Dubya Bush to go talk to Pooty Pootin and look him in the eyes again.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. How did the USA let him leave?

Is he real?