MOSCOW, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The United States has refused to make an "extradition deal" to trade fugitive Edward Snowden for Russian criminals, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
Putin said Snowden, 30, a former computer specialist and contract employee for the National Security Agency, has been charged with "ephemeral crimes," RIA Novosti reported. He told reporters in St. Petersburg that Snowden has also not been convicted of anything.