- 08:59 29/08/2013
The chairman of Russia’s lower house of parliament has likened fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to the hero of Miguel de Cervantes’ novel.
- 13:51 28/08/2013
Fidel Castro, the former leader of Cuba, has denied Russian media reports that US fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden stayed in Russia rather than fly to Havana because Cuba succumbed to US pressure to deny him entry.
- 09:07 26/08/2013
US fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden stayed in Moscow in late June and did not fly to Cuba because Cuban authorities would have denied him landing under US pressure, a Russian business daily reported Monday citing sources.
- 23:37 21/08/2013
A senior US congressman said Wednesday that Washington would be “shooting itself in the foot” if it allows the row with Russia over US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to further sour relations between the two countries and get in the way of a unique kinship between Russians and Americans.2
- 21:08 19/08/2013
Amnesty International on Monday described as “unlawful and unwarranted” the detention by British authorities of the significant other of a journalist who worked with Edward Snowden.
- 01:24 17/08/2013
Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was not interrogated by special services after his arrival to Russia, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday.1
- 20:30 16/08/2013
The US National Security Agency (NSA) violated laws and regulations thousands of times annually in recent years in capturing and storing surveillance data on US and foreign citizens, the Washington Post reported Friday.1
- 17:08 16/08/2013
Fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden contacted a popular US news website, The Huffington Post, and said media have been “misled” by associates of his father, Lon Snowden, and have published “false” claims about his situation, the website said Friday.1
- 20:51 15/08/2013
Most Russians believe that fugitive former US intelligence worker Edward Snowden had only wanted the world to know about the American government infringing on private lives, a new poll showed Thursday.
- 14:51 15/08/2013
Lon Snowden, the father of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, has gotten in touch with his son via the Internet because his fatherly feelings proved stronger than security considerations, his son’s attorney told RIA Novosti Thursday.
- 20:34 12/08/2013
Now that he has received a visa from Russian authorities, Lon Snowden, the father of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, plans to travel to Moscow to meet with his son soon, but “not this week,” said a communications representative for Lon Snowden’s attorney on Monday.
- 02:45 10/08/2013
President Barack Obama defended US intelligence surveillance programs Friday as necessary for the country’s security, but acknowledged they needed improvement and pledged efforts to tighten control of them and ease concerns they violated basic civil liberties.
- 18:32 07/08/2013
US President Barack Obama has canceled plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for a one-on-one summit next month, the White House said Wednesday, amid US fury over Moscow's decision to grant asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.12
- 19:27 01/08/2013
Russia’s decision to grant temporary asylum to fugitive former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden deals a blow to bilateral ties, US lawmakers said Thursday. "[Snowden] will potentially do great damage to US national security interests," a senior American senator said.1
- 18:16 01/08/2013
The news that US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia received mixed response from human rights advocates Thursday.2
- 01:02 01/08/2013
The US government on Wednesday declassified three documents shedding light on its domestic telephone surveillance amid fresh leaks from fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden revealing the United States’ ability to secretly comb through troves of information on individuals’ Internet use across the globe.1
- 12:55 31/07/2013
The father of fugitive former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden has thanked President Vladimir Putin and Russia for helping his son, in a first interview with the Russian media aired on Wednesday.
- 03:59 30/07/2013
The sentence a US court will pass upon Wikileaks informant Private Bradley Manning will show what fugitive former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden would get should he return to his country, a senior Russian lawmaker said.
- 03:04 27/07/2013
The charges against a handful of alleged criminals returned to Russia by the United States in recent years carry nothing like the political weight of those faced by fugitive former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, even as US officials cite these deportations as they press Moscow to expel Snowden to face criminal charges at home, analysts said Friday.
