The Kremlin: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: It was not possible to immediately reach Alexei Pushkov, the head of the Russian parliaments foreign affairs committee who has acted as an unofficial point-man for the Kremlin on the Snowden affair. But soon after the posting on his Twitter account disappeared, he sent another message saying his claim was based on a report from the state all-news television channel Vesti, according to The Star. The Kremlin declined comment on Tuesdays developments and MOSCOW The net of rumours and uncertainties over NSA leaker Edward Snowden deepened Tuesday when a prominent Russian lawmaker tweeted that Snowden had accepted Venezuelas offer of political asylum, then deleted the posting a few minutes later. However, no such information could be found on Vestis website and no Russian news agency reported that Vesti had reported it. The TV channel could not immediately be reached for comment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.