• Sat   • Dec 27, 2014   • Updated: 12:43am Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden's Moscow sojourn stirs rumours of debriefing by
Russians  Rumours of debriefing by Russians swirl as Kremlin
bides its time and Washington fumes  PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 25
June, 2013, 5:44pm UPDATED : Thursday, 27 June, 2013, 7:45am
• Yes: 94%   • No: 6% 25 Jun 2013   • Yes   • No Total number of
votes recorded: 739   Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the
first official acknowledgment of the whereabouts of National
Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tuesday and promptly
rejected US pleas to turn him over.  Snowden, who is charged
with violating American espionage laws, fled Hong Kong over the
weekend, touching off a global guessing game over where he went
and frustrating US efforts to bring him to justice.  Putin said
Snowden is in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo airport and has
not passed through Russian immigration, meaning he technically
is not in Russia and thus is free to travel wherever he wants.
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