奧巴馬取消與普京的會談，抗議庇護斯諾登

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.奧巴馬說，他取消了下個月在莫斯科與俄羅斯總統普京舉行會談的計劃。白宮說，奧巴馬仍會前往俄羅斯的聖彼得堡出席20國峯會，但會後不去莫斯科而是前往瑞典。

奧巴馬政府對俄羅斯上星期批准爲前美國情報機構合同工斯諾登提供庇護感到憤怒。斯諾登因泄露有關美國祕密監視項目的情報而受到通緝。奧巴馬要求俄羅斯驅逐斯諾登，讓他在美國面對間諜指控，但是普京拒絕了這一要求。

最近幾個星期，美國和俄羅斯在其他問題上也有分歧，其中包括在歐洲建立導彈防禦系統，人權，俄羅斯給敘利亞總統阿薩德運送軍火，支持他打擊美國支持的敘利亞反政府武裝等問題。