Russia's Putin says U.S. ties more important than Snowden
Snowden, who is wanted by Washington for leaking details of
U.S. intelligence programs, is seeking temporary asylum in Russia after
spending more than three weeks at a Moscow airport trying to fly to a country
that will shelter him. President Vladimir Putin gave his clearest signal yet
that he will not let a dispute over the fate of former U.S. spy contractor
Edward Snowden derail relations with the United States.
Putin did not say whether Russia would grant Snowden's
temporary asylum request, but made clear he was still insisting the American
must agree to do nothing to harm the United States. Snowden is useful as a
propaganda tool for Putin, who accuses the U.S. government of preaching to the
world about rights and freedoms it does not uphold at home.
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