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Edward Snowden gets Russian passport
- hobbitstan 4y agoIs there a conspiracy theory yet about the US government sparking a war between Russia and Ukraine in order to have Snowden deployed to the front lines and eliminated? If not, I’d like to claim ownership.
- valeg 4y agodoubt. Snowden is a Putin's trophy.
- theflyingelvis 4y agoWorks for me
- eddof13 4y agoHis traitorous nature made official
- squarefoot 4y agoOr rather he was given to choose between acting as a pawn that way, and remain a free citizen in Russia, or be kicked out and either seek refuge in China or North Korea, or almost certainly be extradited by other counties to the USA where he would spend most of his life behind bars.
- dsabanin 4y agoThere are no free citizens in russia.
- signatoremo 4y agoHe will not be a free citizen of Russia. They will hold him hostage. If he is afraid of what the US can do, he should be more than concerned of what the Russia can do to him, given that his whole family is under their control. I don’t envy his situation, but he has made his choice.
- euroderf 4y agoIt took him this long to abandon hope of getting a fair trial in his native land ?
- supertrope 4y agoWhen Snowden first accepted asylum in Russia the government did not recognize dual citizenship. The law was changed. It took time to apply for citizenship. Although his immigration case is special to say the least and Russian laws can be changed by one man’s whims.
- heneryville 4y agoIf he were tried in the USA, the trail wouldn't need to be unfair to convict. What he did was clearly illegal. If it should be illegal is the debate.
- euroderf 4y agoOTOH he did perform a public service. It transformed the domestic debate. A jury trial would be suitable.