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奥巴马取消与普京的会谈，抗议庇护斯诺登 Obama, Protesting Snowden Asylum, Cancels Meeting with Putin

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奥巴马说，他取消了下个月在莫斯科与俄罗斯总统普京举行会谈的计划。白宫说，奥巴马仍会前往俄罗斯的圣彼得堡出席20国峰会，但会后不去莫斯科而是前往瑞典。

奥巴马政府对俄罗斯上星期批准为前美国情报机构合同工斯诺登提供庇护感到愤怒。斯诺登因泄露有关美国秘密监视项目的情报而受到通缉。奥巴马要求俄罗斯驱逐斯诺登，让他在美国面对间谍指控，但是普京拒绝了这一要求。

最近几个星期，美国和俄罗斯在其他问题上也有分歧，其中包括在欧洲建立导弹防御系统，人权，俄罗斯给叙利亚总统阿萨德运送军火，支持他打击美国支持的叙利亚反政府武装等问题。

In a rare diplomatic rebuke, U.S. President Barack Obama says he is canceling next month's planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

The White House said Mr. Obama still plans to travel to Russia to attend the Group of 20 economic summit in St. Petersburg. But instead of flying to Moscow afterwards, he intends to head to Sweden.

The Obama administration was angered by Russia's grant of temporary asylum last week to Edward Snowden, the former U.S. intelligence contractor who leaked details of clandestine surveillance programs being conducted by the United States. Mr. Obama had asked Russia to expel Snowden to face U.S. espionage charges, but Mr. Putin rejected the request.

In recent weeks, the U.S. and Russia have also disagreed on other fronts, including creation of a missile defense in Europe, human rights and Russia's shipment of arms to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad supporting his fight against rebels seeking his ouster. The U.S. supports the Syrian rebels.