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And calling the reasons he requested asylum unfounded. is this a slap in the face to the united states? did russia mean to do this? >> you'd have to think that it's not going to be received well by the united states. this is not going to do good things for their relations. russia has said all along, no, we won't send him back but at the same time try to maintain this difficult balancing act by saying at the same time we don't want this to damage relations between the two countries and that has been a primary concern without. we believe that's why snowden has been forced to remain in the transi...
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