Russia says knows of no plan for Snowden to seek citizenship

[ProSense]

Russia says knows of no plan for Snowden to seek citizenship

(Reuters) - The Kremlin is unaware of any plans by fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden to seek Russian citizenship, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Friday.

Snowden, who is wanted in the United States on espionage charges, is holed up at a Moscow airport. A Russian lawyer who helped him file an application for temporary asylum in Russia this week said Snowden had not ruled out seeking citizenship.

"Citizenship? This is the first I've heard of it. It's news to me," Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in the town of Novogorsk outside Moscow...Snowden's presence in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport since June 23 threatens to upset U.S.-Russian relations.

But Peskov said the United States had not informed Russia of any plan by President Barack Obama to pull out of a summit with Putin in Moscow in September.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/19/us-usa-security-snowden-russia-idUSBRE96I0QB20130719

[allin99]

1. Why is this news? lol. Someone asks...

if he's decided to apply for citizenship. he says, no i haven't decided, then russia says, no haven't heard of it.

so basically, nothing is new, no one knows what's going to happen yet.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Its temporary asylum he's applied for

not citizenship.

Interesting they deny knowledge of the lame treat by the US not to attend talks.