Did Putin just punt on Snowden? He must "stop his work aimed at harming our American partners."

[HipChick]

if Snowden wants to stay in Russia he "must stop his work aimed at harming our American partners".

Snowden "is not a Russian agent", Putin said, repeating that Russian intelligence services were not working with the fugitive American, who is believed to remain in the transit area at a Moscow airport eight days after arriving from Hong Kong.

He said Snowden should choose his final destination and go there.

[longship]

1. Back channel talkin' goin' on.

But really, Putin's words have pretty much been that he'd like to see the back side of Snowden from the beginning.

Either some country is going to deliver a safe passage document to Snowden in the Sheremetyevo transit zone, or he's going to get caught. That had better be soon. If Putin's position is evolving the way it seems, Snowden's life in the zone may be shorter than he desires.

No more Cinnabon or Borscht Now for Eddie.

[randome]

2. Strange things happen in Russian airports.

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[longship]

3. THAT'S IT!!!

He's hiding in the car!!!

[HipChick]

4. How they get that up there?

[longship]

5. Take the Sheremetyevo exit off the 101...

[randome]

6. No idea. You have to admit, it catches the eye.

http://www.benzinsider.com/2008/08/mercedes-benz-competes-for-russian-luxury-market/

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[Junkdrawer]

7. You bet...

....

However, Russia is not going to extradite Snowden, the president underlined.

“Russia has never extradited anyone and is not going to do so. Same as no one has ever been extradited to Russia,” Putin stated.

“At best,” he noted, Russia exchanged its foreign intelligence employees detained abroad for “those who were detained, arrested and sentenced by a court in the Russian Federation.”
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http://rt.com/news/putin-snowden-asylum-extradite-489/

Spy swap????

[longship]

12. Like U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers.

Francis Gary Powers

Shot down over the USSR, tried in an obvious show trial. Traded for Soviet spies in the USA.

[Junkdrawer]

14. LOL Great Minds....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3139553

Tinfoil, of course.

[DevonRex]

16. Two things come to mind. They already publicly got one of ours a couple of months ago.

So now we want too much. We haven't publicly got one of theirs but we did already let 7 go. Leverage is lopsided towards them.

[monmouth3]

8. Did Joe Biden call Vlad too?..n/t

[Turbineguy]

9. Maybe the Russians think

that the Snowden "revelations" are just a hoax.

[HipChick]

10. I am sure they have taken a look at what he has..and decided

it's nothing they didn't a;ready know about..

[Turbineguy]

13. Although apparently his stuff has been helpful to

Al Qaeda.

[randome]

11. Everyone's playing 8th dimensional chess.

Except for Snowden. He's playing tic-tac-toe.

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[HipChick]

15. Lmao! DUzy!

[wandy]

17. If this were an Ian Flemming novel it would be funny..........

Putin: "I not want to hold hot potato, but if hot potato be quiet I put him in root cellar with others."