US to Russia: You have legal basis to expel Snowden

June 26, 2013 03:04

The White House has insisted that there was a clear legal basis for Russia to expel fugitive leaker Edward Snowden, after President Vladimir Putin rejected earlier US demands.

"While we do not have an extradition treaty with Russia, there is nonetheless a clear legal basis to expel Snowden," National Security spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden told AFP.

Hayden said that Snowden, currently in a transit facility at Moscow airport, could be expelled on the basis of his travel documents and the pending charges against him.

"Accordingly, we are asking the Russian government to take action to expel Snowden without delay and to build upon the strong law enforcement cooperation we have had, particularly since the Boston Marathon bombing," she said.

Putin had earlier said that Russia only extradited foreign nationals to countries with which it had a formal extradition treaty -- and it did not have such an agreement with Washington.

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