The Russian Federal Migration service (FMS) has refuted media reports that claim that NSA leaker Edward Snowden applied for political asylum in Russia, RT reports, marking the hesitance the Putin administration and Ecuador have in granting the NSA whistleblower asylum.

Information published by several media which states that Snowden asked for asylum "is not true," Zalina Kornilova, head of FMS press service, told RT.

President Vladimir Putin also told reporters on Monday that Snowden could only stay in Russia if he "stops his work aimed at damaging our American partners."

But Russia isn't the only country that is hesitant of granting the NSA whistleblower asylum.

President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, who supports Edward Snowden's authority to seek asylum wherever he wants, hedged on whether he would grant him protection as he has Julian Assange, USA Today reports.

Although the President Correa advocates Edward Snowden's revelations of American spying and surveillance programs, the South American leader is hesitant to accept his asylum after the United States released threats of eliminating economic aid to countries that "cooperate" with the NSA whistleblower.

Still, Russia is expected to house Edward Snowden, as he is currently around Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.

"Russia has never extradited anyone and is not going to do so," President Putin said, according to USA Today, adding that Snowden, "should choose his final destination and go there."

"If he wants to go somewhere [another country] and is accepted, he can. If he wants to stay here, there is one condition: He must stop his work aimed at harming our U.S. partners."