On April 3, the Russian newspaper by Moskovsky Komsomolets published an interview with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Responding to the reporter’s assertion that many Russians believe Moscow’s foreign policy situation is “hopeless,” particularly regarding the U.S. and Ukraine, Lavrov claimed the U.S. is trying to “punish” Russia not for its aggression in Ukraine, as the U.S. and other Western governments say, but for taking in Edward Snowden, the fugitive former Central Intelligence Agency employee and U.S. government contractor who leaked highly classified information from the U.S. National Security Agency.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Polygraph: Lavrov says Snowden was threatened with ‘electric chair’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with members of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) in Moscow on Feb. 21, 2019.
