克里姆林宫决定斯诺登的未来

 　　克里姆林宫决定斯诺登的未来

        MOSCOW, June 30 (Xinhua) -- As Edward Snowden has been perching at an international airport of Moscow for a week, Kremlin said Sunday the former CIA contractor's future was not yet on its agenda.

　　"The President (Vladimir Putin) said he is not dealing¹ with this issue and prefers that corresponding services do this job. Thus, the subject is not on the agenda of the Kremlin," presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a local radio station.

　　He reminded that Putin said, on a visit to Finland earlier, that Snowden did not cross the border into Russia.

　　"As long as this is not our issue, I do not know what variants² of developments can be and what legal and other aspects of this theme exist," the Itar-Tass news agency quoted Peskov as saying.

　　The official also noted³ that the Kremlin "registers a wide range of opinions expressed by different experts and human rights activists⁴" on this issue.

　　"Public opinion on this theme is very diverse. We know about this and take this into consideration," Peskov said.

　　His remarks came one day after Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said "a decision on Snowden's location is in the hands of the Russian authorities."

　　"For his political asylum⁵ bid to be considered, he should stay on the territory of Ecuador," Correa said.

　　Snowden, charged by the U.S. government with three felonies over disclosing a classified surveillance project, arrived in Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport on June 23.

　　He could neither cross the Russian border, nor buy another air ticket to fly out since he does not have a Russian visa while his U.S. passport was annulled⁶.

1 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

2 variants   

n.变体( variant的名词复数 )；变种；变型；（词等的）变体

参考例句：

• Those variants will be preserved in the'struggle for existence". 这些变异将在“生存竞争”中被保留下来。 来自辞典例句
• Like organisms, viruses have variants, generally called strains. 与其他生物一样，病毒也有变种，一般称之为株系。 来自辞典例句

3 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

4 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

6 annulled   

v.宣告无效( annul的过去式和过去分词 )；取消；使消失；抹去

参考例句：

• Their marriage was annulled after just six months. 他们的婚姻仅过半年就宣告取消。
• Many laws made by the former regime have been annulled. 前政权制定的许多法律被宣布无效。 来自《简明英汉词典》