Russia hints Snowden may be hunted if he travel freely in Moscow
A Russian immigration official has hinted that US spy agency whistleblower Edward Snowden may be assassinated if decides to travel freely once admitted to the country as a political refugee. - "I don't think it is good for Snowden to travel freely in Russia, as he is a wanted man,” said Vladimir Volokh, press secretary of Russia’s Federal Migration Service (FMS), quoted in a Monday report by Moscow-based RT. Volokh is further cited in the report as cautioning Snowden against leaving the Moscow airport at all, calling it a “bad idea,” and emphasizing that Russia cannot guarantee the personal security of the leaker of NSA’s global electronic spying programs beyond the airport’s gates. The stark warnings come nearly a week after Snowden, who is actively sought by the US government as a fugitive leaker of national secrets, submitted an asylum application to Russia as Washington has annulled his passport and has reportedly put out a global warrant for his arrest.