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Perhaps Russian authorities realized the shock value of helping Snowden had worn off and thought it was about time to leverage their position as asylum-granter
by emhart 12y ago
Perhaps Russian authorities realized the shock value of helping Snowden had worn off and thought it was about time to leverage their position as asylum-granter to pressure him into lobbing the softball?
- Avenger42 12y agoBut as gatehouse says, it comes back to bite them if it turns out that they were lying and he has proof.
- jbigelow76 12y agoHow will it bite them? (you should read that question as "If it turns out Putin is exposed as a liar about monitoring his own people what could the populace do that would make Putin give a shit?")
- mpyne 12y agoIt can't possibly come back to bite them. Everyone who cares already knows that it's a lie, inside Russia or not. Oh, no, you caught them in a lie! Whatever will they do?? They'll probably do the same thing they did when the world caught them in the several lies relating to their invasion of Crimea...