Rio De Janeiro:
Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said his nation hasn't received an asylum request from the former CIA Edward Snowden, who has identified himself as the person who leaked details of a secret US National Security Agency surveillance program.
Mr Lavrov, who is visiting Brazil, said on Tuesday that if a request arrives from Edward Snowden, "we will examine that request."
Mr Lavrov says he won't speculate on the likelihood of any such request - nor what action Russia would take if it were received.
Mr Snowden fled to Hong Kong after leaking word of a tracking program that collects the telephone records of millions of Americans and taps into computers of many Internet services to retrieve information about foreigners living outside the US.
Mr Lavrov, who is visiting Brazil, said on Tuesday that if a request arrives from Edward Snowden, "we will examine that request."
Mr Lavrov says he won't speculate on the likelihood of any such request - nor what action Russia would take if it were received.
Mr Snowden fled to Hong Kong after leaking word of a tracking program that collects the telephone records of millions of Americans and taps into computers of many Internet services to retrieve information about foreigners living outside the US.
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