The case of former contractor of the National Security Agency (NSA) Edward Snowden is far to influence political relations between Russia and the United States, which we aim to improve, said presidential sources. The situation around Snowden is far from having a significance able to influence the ties of our country and Washington, said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Foreign Policy Adviser Yuri Ushakov.
We know the atmosphere created in the United States around the case of Snowden and speculation about a possible suspension for the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to Russia, but we have no signs so far in this direction, he said.
Obama is scheduled to meet in September with Putin prior to the summit of the Group of 20, in St. Petersburg, but the U.S. press speculated that the visit could be suspended if at that time the excontratista of the NSA is still in Russia.
