BBC: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs adviser said the move showed the US could not develop ties with Russia on an “equal basis”.
A White House aide said Mr Snowden’s asylum had deepened the pre-existing tension between the two counties.
But Mr Obama still plans to attend the G20 economic talks in St Petersburg… (more)
EDITOR: All political ‘window dressing.’ In private, Obama may embrace Putin for taking Snowden off his hands. A trial would have split the Democratic Party in two.
