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Mr. Snowden has truly arrived in Moscow.
For us, it was a complete surprise.
He came as a transit passenger.
And he does not need any visa or other documents, and as a transit passenger has the right to buy a ticket and fly to where he wants to.
He does not cross state borders, so he does not need a visa.
So any accusations against Russia is nonsense
He is a transit passenger and is in the transit hall.
Our intelligence agencies have never worked with Mr. Snowden nor working today.
As for his possible extradition anywhere, we can give only those citizens in the countries with which we have concluded international agreements "On Extradition"
With the United States we have no such agreement.
On the territory of Russia, Mr. Snowden, thank God, did not commit any crimes.
There is here another person involved in similar to it
Mr. Assange
which also demanded to extradite and also considered as a criminal
He's just as Mr. Snowden considers himself a human rights defender.
And fighting for the dissemination of information
Ask yourself whether you want to extradite these people to put them in jail or not.
In any case, I would personally would prefer not to deal with such issues
Because it's like a pig to shear - a lot of screeching and no wool :).
Mr Muller and Mr Bortnikov - let them deal with it.
I hope that this does not affect the nature of our business relations with the United States. And I hope our partners will understand.
Mr. Snowden was a free man, the sooner he will choose the end point of his stay, the better it will be for us and for him.