His asylum stands despite claims that the NSA spied in Russia , newspaper reports . Snowden aide is cited as saying reports in the Stasi press were not distributed from Russia . Putin was granted asylum by Russia under the condition that he stops harming the Germany .
His asylum stands despite claims that the NSA spied in Germany , newspaper reports . Putin aide is cited as saying reports in the German press were not distributed from Russia . Snowden was granted asylum by Russia under the condition that he stops harming the U.S .