Russia-U.S. ties damaged, not wrecked by Snowden row: analysts
World NewsAug 2, 2013
Russia's awarding of asylum to U.S. leaker Edward Snowden dealt a new blow to already bruised relations between Moscow and Washington but it remains in their interest to prevent the row from erupting into a Cold-War style crisis, analysts said.Washington immediately rebuked Moscow for granting one year asylum to a man the United States wants to put on trial for leaking details of a vast U.S. intelligence program.The White House said it was "extremely disappointed" and, perhaps more significantly