In hindsight, fleeing to Russia was a good choice, even if it wasn't Snowden's intention. Snowden said he was trying to get to Ecuador, but the Ecuadorian gove

In hindsight, fleeing to Russia was a good choice, even if it wasn't Snowden's intention. Snowden said he was trying to get to Ecuador, but the Ecuadorian government would have handed him over to the US for the right price, just like they did with Assange. EU countries are too cozy with the US, and would never have given him asylum. In fact, when the US thought Snowden might be on the President of Bolivia's plane, it got a bunch of EU countries to deny overflight, forcing the Bolivian President to land and submit to a search of his plane. Snowden's only realistic option was to seek shelter in a large, powerful country with a poor relationship with the US.