The U.S. president might go ahead with the fall meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin despite the Edward Snowden issue.
Earlier reports said that President Obama was likely to miss the bilateral meeting and the G 20 summit in Russia scheduled for September if Snowden still remained in Sheremetyevo.
The press secretary of Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, told the Kommersant daily that the Moscow government "knew nothing" about Washington's plan of suspending the bilateral meeting.
The secretary said, "The situation is crystal clear - Russia is not to blame that Snowden is unable to leave the transit zone.
"Of course, it would be better, if it were settled before Obama's visit to Moscow. And judging by the way things are unfolding, that is how it is going to be," said Peskov.
Vice President Joe Biden was supposed to participate in the G20 summit in St. Petersburg instead of the U.S. President Barack Obama, according to earlier media reports.
The U.S. president is expected to be in Moscow on Sept. 3 and 4 for the bilateral meeting with his Russian counterpart ahead of the G20 summit.
A Russian human rights group Agora said that the U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, has vowed to get Obama to raise Moscow's human rights violation records with President Putin.
