A couple of things to note: 1. Snowden is a dissident wrt the US government, not the Russian one. He doesn't have an obligation to criticize Russia (neither do

A couple of things to note: 1. Snowden is a dissident wrt the US government, not the Russian one. He doesn't have an obligation to criticize Russia (neither does he have an obligation to criticize the US, but that comes with the territory). 2. He has self preservation to consider too. To him Russia is a relatively safe haven. Why would he endanger that? Sure, this limits his freedom of expression, but that's a relatively small personal compromise in order to ensure you're still alive and not in some supermax.