Russians signal openness to Venezuela’s offer to shelter Snowden
Source: Washington Post
Russians signal openness to Venezuela's offer to shelter Snowden
By Will Englund, Juan Forero and Emilia Diaz, Updated: Saturday, July 6, 11:05 AM
MOSCOW Venezuelas offer of asylum for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden got a thumbs up from key members of the Russian parliament Saturday, even as the Kremlin and Foreign Ministry kept a studious silence.
Sanctuary for Snowden in Venezuela would be the best decision, Alexei Pushkov, head of the foreign affairs committee of Russias lower house of parliament, wrote in a tweet Saturday.
Puskhkov, who reliably reflects the governments position on international issues, voiced what appears to be a growing official desire to see Snowden leave after 13 days holed up in transit limbo at Moscows Sheremetyevo airport. He wrote of Snowden, He cant live at Sheremetyevo.
Another parliamentary deputy and member of Pushkovs committee, Alexander Babakov, told the Russian News Service on Saturday that he thinks the offer of asylum Friday from Venezuelan President Nicoláss Maduro was Snowdens best recourse.
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