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The escapades US whistleblower and fugitive Edward Snowden continue. Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Tuesday that the former CIA worker was the transit area an airport in Moscow. Mr Putin had earlier said Mr Snowden had not crossed any Russian borders, which proved to be true Snowden being transit. Snowden seems to have given the international media the slip while Moscow. discovering his name a flight list to Havana, Cuba, 30 journalists purchased last-minute tickets the 16-hour flight to Cuba, only to be dismayed to find after takeoff that he had not boarded the aircraft. Reports are that Snowden is heading Ecuador, which has granted him asylum.

The Snowden affair is stoking diplomatic tensions the USA, and China and Russia. Washington is furious that China allowed Snowden to leave Hong Kong Russia earlier this week. US Secretary of State John Kerry is now pressing hard Russia to extradite Snowden back to the US. Mr Putin told reporters: "Mr Snowden has not crossed the state's border, and therefore does not need a visa. Furthermore, any accusations against Russia aiding him are ravings and rubbish." He explained that the US and Russia had not signed any extradition treaty and that he would not hand Snowden to the US. Mr Kerry acknowledged this but said, "there are standards behaviour sovereign nations".