Patrick Ventrell: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: If he wants to stay, there's one condition: he must stop his activity aimed at harming our American partners, as strange as it sounds coming from my lips, Putin told reporters in the Kremlin Monday. He said Snowden is unlikely to accept that restriction, according to The Star. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said it's up to the Russians to confirm whether Snowden has requested asylum there and MOSCOW Edward Snowden has applied for political asylum in Russia, an official said Monday, as President Vladimir Putin warned the fugitive U.S. leaker to stop harming American interests if he wishes to remain. Snowden's asylum application was delivered Sunday evening to a visa office at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport by WikiLeaks' legal adviser Sarah Harrison, a consular official who received the document, Kim Shevchenko, said by phone. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.