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The real question you should be asking is if it's "based" to persecute your political opponents and whistleblowers to such a degree that they can only turn to t

• anigbrowl 2y ago
  I don't have a strong opinion about Snowden, but I do not think Russia was his only option by any means. From Wikipedia's article about US extradition treaties: The United States does not have an extradition treaty with China, Indonesia, Iran, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Vietnam, the GCC states, most African states, and most former Soviet states, among others. Some countries with US extradition treaties have refused to extradite includes: Ecuador, Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Iceland, Pakistan, Egypt, Switzerland, Venezuela, Zimbabwe etc. There's also a map if you prefer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradition_treaties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_extradit... I can think of a lot of places I'd prefer to live besides Russia, while still offering a decent level of social/technological development.
  • boomboomsubban 2y ago
    Snowden was fairly famously stopped in Russia as his passport was revoked during a layover to Ecuador. He didn't really choose Russia.
    • ein0p 2y ago
      He’s a Russian citizen now. He could have gone to Ecuador after he got citizenship, and possibly even before, but I think because he’s not a moron he correctly assumed that he’d end up at a CIA black site within a week of leaving Russia.