I'm shocked! Shocked! To see oppressive surveillance expansion in Russia! Good on Snowden for calling Putin out, but I don't think it'll mean anything. It is r

I'm shocked! Shocked! To see oppressive surveillance expansion in Russia! Good on Snowden for calling Putin out, but I don't think it'll mean anything. It is reassuring to see a reminder that his warm welcome in Moscow was just a diplomatic на хуй/fuck-you to the US. Reading some comments about Snowden made me think I had unwittingly Rip Van Winkled my way into some weird future where Russia was a bastion of individual liberty and respect for human rights.