Russian Law Enforcers Have No Grounds To Detain Snowden

[Purveyor]

MOSCOW, June 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russian law enforcers have no grounds to detain CIA's ex-agent Edward Snowden, a source in law enforcement agencies told Itar-Tass. "Snowden is not on a wanted list internationallylist, which might be a ground to detain him.

Neither did he commit any unlawful acts in the territory of the Russian Federation," the source explained.

At present, Snowden is still in the transit zone of the Sheremetyevo airport where he is awaiting a flight to Havana, an aiport official said. "He did not go through the border control, i.e. formally he did not cross the border," the source said.

http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c154/782486.html

[davidpdx]

1. I'm sure the Russians would rather him leave quickly anyway

He's going to Cuba than Venezuela and on to Ecuador.

[Purveyor]

2. If Putin didn't want Snowden to land on Russia soil, it never would have happened, indeed. eom

[TomClash]

3. But I don't understand

Several posters on DU assured us he would be exiled to Siberia, tortured, drugged, killed and turned into compost by the Russian Government. What happened???

[Purveyor]

4. Must be their versions of 'Gitmo' are full up? ;) eom

[magical thyme]

5. I suspect some parts of the world are laughing at the US

and our hysterical game of whack-a-mole.