Lavrov: Snowden did not cross the border of Russia

The USA Snowden, who revealed the activities of the US intelligence services, did not cross the Russian border, the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". Russia has no concern to either Snowden itself or to its movement around the world, the minister emphasized.

“I want to say right away that we have no concern to Mr. Snowden, nor to his relations with American justice, nor to his movements around the world. He independently chose his route, we learned about this, like most of those present, from the media. He did not cross the Russian border,” Lavrov said.

US statements that China’s authorities allegedly helped Snowden to leave Hong Kong were deprived of his grounds, a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China Hua Chunin said earlier on Tuesday. "The United States, without sufficient grounds, question the legality of the Hong Kong administration. Charges against the Central Government of China are also baseless," she said.

Earlier, the United States tried to achieve the issuance of Snowden from Hong Kong. However, the Hong Kong authorities claim that the American request was not properly formalized, and they did not have legal grounds in order to prevent Snowden's departure.

The day before, US President Barack Obama said that the United States used all legal funds to delay Snowden. "We use all the relevant legal channels and work with different countries to ensure that the principle of the rule of law is observed," Obama told reporters in the White House.

Obama answered the question of whether he spoke of Snowden's case with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Ministry of Justice is engaged in negotiations with Moscow on this subject, the American president noted. Earlier on Monday, Washington said that they expected from the Russian authorities the consideration of the "all existing opportunities" of Snowden Extence in the United States. US Secretary of State John Kerry emphasized that if Russia helps Snowden, this will be fraught with a complication of relations between the two countries.

On Monday, the Moscow-Cuba flight flew to Havana without Snowden registered on him. Where the fugitive is currently flying on Sunday from Hong Kong to Sheremetyevo. According to the creator of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, he is "in a safe place." However, Assange refused to name the country where Snowden is now.

On Monday, the first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Leonid Kalashnikov said that the situation around Snowden would not affect the relationship of Moscow and Washington. The deputy believes that he needed to provide asylum or citizenship. “This will not improve these relations, but it will not spoil the deputy.“ Well, a little, a week or two, they will exchange some rhetorical words, and then nothing special will happen there. ”

Information about the cancellation of Snowden’s passport did not receive Russian law enforcement officers, a source in law enforcement agencies said on Monday. Earlier, that Snowden’s passport was annulled on Saturday and US authorities, allegedly notified Hong Kong and Russia about this, reported on the website of The Guardian. Ecuador gave Snowden a refugee passport so that he could move around the world, Assange said.

On Sunday, it was reported that Snowden asked for political asylum from Ecuador. Snowden’s appeal was written on Twitter by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador Ricardo Patinho. Earlier it became known that Snowden in the transit zone Sheremetyevo held a meeting with the ambassador of Ecuador in Moscow. The authorities of the South American country clearly made it clear that the request for asylum would be satisfied. Patinho said that Ecuador is faced with a choice: "To betray citizens of the whole world or neglect the interests of individual powerful elites in a separate country."

Earlier, the US authorities accused Snowden of espionage, theft and circulation of government property entrusted to him in their favor. “We will continue to discuss the problem with Hong Kong and achieve appropriate legal cooperation with other countries where Snowden can head,” said Nanda Chitri Ministry of Justice.

Snowden, who worked for the company Booz Allen Hamilton, the contractor of the US Central Intelligence Directorate, distributed a secret order of the court in early June, according to which the special services gained access to all the calls of the largest cell operator Verizon, as well as data on the super -secret program of the PRISM National Security Agency, which allows to track electronic communications on the largest sites. After publications, the US national intelligence partially declassified surveillance programs and stated that they are implemented legally and are under the control of all branches of power in the United States.