- Title: Edward Snowden among possible contenders for 2016 Nobel Peace Prize
- Date: 1st October 2016
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - JULY 1, 2013) (RUSSIAN POOL) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF KREMLIN RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SPEAKING AT PODIUM (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING: (SOUNDBITE CONTINUES OVER WIDE SHOTS) "Mr. Snowden is not our agent. He never was, and today is not. Our special services have never worked with him and don't work with him. And he himself doesn't consider himself an agent or a former agent of the special services. He considers himself a human rights fighter. And on some level some kind of a new dissident, like Sakharov, maybe on another scale, but nevertheless in its essence, he's a fighter for human rights and democracy. You know, our human rights organisations commented on this issue that he can't be handed over to a country with the possibility of the death penalty."
- Embargoed: 16th October 2016 10:28
- Keywords: Edward Snowden Russia CIA NSA Hong Kong Obama USA Nobel peace prize
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA / LANGLEY AND FORT MEADE, VIRGINIA, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES / INTERNET / MOSCOW, RUSSIA/ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN/ OSLO, NORWAY/LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM/FRANKFURT, GERMANY
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA / LANGLEY AND FORT MEADE, VIRGINIA, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES / INTERNET / MOSCOW, RUSSIA/ BRUSSELS, BELGIUM/ STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN/ OSLO, NORWAY/LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM/FRANKFURT, GERMANY
- Country: Various
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA00B526VJUV
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