Snowden explained it via The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/18/vladimir-putin-surveillance-us-leaders-snowden http://www.theguardia

Snowden explained it via The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/18/vladimir-putin-surveillance-us-leaders-snowden http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/18/vladimi... As subtitled, Snowden "questioned the Russian president live on TV to get his answer on the record, not to whitewash him".