Edward Snowden can not fly away from the transit zone "Sheremetyevo" or enter the territory of Russia, his U.S. passport revoked, and other documents in his hands there. Russian security services are not in contact with a former employee of the CIA.
Former CIA officer Edward Snowden can not buy a new ticket on the plane because of the canceled passport, "Interfax" a source close to Snowden. "The U.S. passport revoked Snowden, no other identification documents, arms he does not. So he has to stay in the transit area of" Sheremetyevo ", as it can not enter Russia or to buy a ticket," - said the official.
Meanwhile, the next flight to Cuba scheduled for 14:05 on Thursday, and then - until Saturday. Thus, if a former employee of the CIA decides to fly to Latin America through Cuba, he will have to spend in the "Sheremetyevo" at least daily.
The employee organization WikiLeaks Sarah Harrison, located all along with Snowden in the "Sheremetyevo" ogprovergla rumors that Snowden "handles the FSB." "The FSB Snowden is not questioned," - she wrote on Twitter WikiLeaks. "He's all right, and Harrison has been staying with him" - said the organization.
British journalist and lawyer Sarah Harrison on June 23, along with Snowden flew from Hong Kong to Moscow. It acts as legal adviser to ex-CIA operative who escaped from the U.S. to Hong Kong and made public the details of the existence of secret programs, through which U.S. intelligence agencies tracked worldwide phone calls online correspondence.
Official WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson told broadcaster CNN , that "no cooperation and no coordination with the Russian authorities and there was not" both before and after the arrival of Snowden in Moscow. He also said that Snowden "is in a safe place, feels comfortable and maybe just relax after a very stressful week."
The White House, however, continue to insist on the necessity of issuing Snowden United States. "We understand the complexity of the situation with Snowden. We agree with the authorities of the Russian Federation that do not want the negative consequences for the relationship between the two countries because of this situation. But we believe that Snowden be extradited to the United States," - said the representative of the evening on Tuesday State Department official Patrick Ventrella.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that Snowden has truly arrived in the "Sheremetyevo" and is still in the transit area of the airport. He recalled that Russia could extradite to other States only if there is a bilateral extradition treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States there is no agreement. "Especially in the territory of the Russian Federation, Mr. Snowden, thank God, did not commit any crime," - said the president.
Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong in May, after which the released information about secret operations by intelligence surveillance on the Internet.Because he had organized leaks, in particular, it was reported that U.S. and British intelligence agencies have access to the data of millions of phone calls, as well as to the servers of the largest Internet companies.
On Tuesday, June 25, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that the government of Ecuador gave Snowden refugee documents, even when he was in Hong Kong. With them Snowden, according to UN conventions, will be able to move freely between countries, even without a passport. However, as noted by the British newspaper The Guardian , the provision of documents refugee does not mean that the statement of a former CIA for asylum was approved by Ecuador. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said that since former CIA had left Hong Kong, all of his living expenses and trucks took over Wikileaks.
In turn, the Foreign Minister of Ecuador Ricardo Patino said that the country's authorities are considering Snowden's request for political asylum. "It took us two months to make a decision on granting asylum to Julian Assange, so do not expect that in this case we will make a decision soon," - said the Minister.
Patino said that in a case Snowden Government of Ecuador "must weigh the risks, including the fact that such a decision could affect trade relations with the U.S. and the country's economy."
On the question of whether Ecuador protect Snowden, while he is awaiting the decision of the country of asylum, the Foreign Minister said that "when Snowden come to the Embassy of Ecuador, and then we look at the problem."
Ecuador is at risk?
American journalists believe that the positive response of Ecuador could cost the state of relations with the United States. Thus, the newspaper New York Times notes that Ecuador is the only Latin American country that enjoys trade preferences with the United States, however, this status may be lost because of the scandal around Snowden. "In recent months, representatives of the government of Ecuador traveled to Washington, trying to achieve conservation benefits for the supply of certain products. However, favored trade status, which provides jobs for thousands of Ecuadorians and makes lower prices for American consumers, could be one of the first victims when President Rafael Correa provide shelter Snowden "- the newspaper writes. In particular, we are talking about deliveries of Ecuador roses, frozen broccoli and tuna.
NYT recalls that last year brought the trade preferences in Ecuador budget of $ 429 million, but in the end of July, the validity period expires, unless they are extended by the decision of the Congress.
"The risks are incredibly high. This (asylum Snowden - IF) is very much set up the U.S. against Correa," - says the president of the Washington-based research center, "Inter-American Dialogue," Michael Shifter.
"This will affect the Ecuadorian economy. However, I do not know if there is enough of it to him (President of Ecuador - IF) stop," - said the former adviser to U.S. President Barack Obama's Latin American policy Dan Restrepo.
Experts believe that in the case of asylum Snowden U.S. can also try to isolate politically Ecuador, urging allies in the region to strengthen Correa pressure on issues such as freedom of speech. However, analysts believe that, despite these potential negative effects, Correa still provide shelter organizer leak information about the activities of U.S. intelligence, because he wants to take a leadership role in Latin America after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "In his rhetoric, he strives to be a leader, so it can be hard to resist his desires because of his temperament," - said Shifter.
Venezuelan authorities, for their part, are also willing to consider granting asylum Snowden, if he so requests, said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. During his visit to Haiti Maduro noted that while such a request from a former employee has been reported.
Credits: interfax.ru
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