Russian Ambassador to U.S.: “we Have neither the moral nor legal right” to extradite Snowden to the United States – Komsomolskaya Pravda

Moscow can not give the United States the main whistleblower of U.S. intelligence secrets, Edward Snowden granted asylum in our country. This was stated by Russia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, speaking at School of advanced international studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington.

“we Have neither the moral nor legal right to transfer it into the hands of American justice,” he said.

the Diplomat reminded that Russia United States there is no agreement on the extradition of nationals suspected of committing crimes, TASS reports.

Earlier it was reported that Snowden, who wants to return to his native America, appealed to President Barack Obama asking for clemency, but he refused.