The entire basis of the "Snowden is a Russian spy" hypothesis hinges on "OMG, Snowden is in Russia right now" but ignores the fact that the entire reason Snowde

The entire basis of the "Snowden is a Russian spy" hypothesis hinges on "OMG, Snowden is in Russia right now" but ignores the fact that the entire reason Snowden is in Russia is entirely due to the actions of the US State department. Snowden's original plan was to fly from Hong Kong to Cuba via Russia and then eventually seek asylum in a Latin American country. The US failed to pressure Hong Kong but successfully pressured Cuba which is why he got stuck in Russia. This is such an unlikely series of events that no sane person would use it as a basis for a plan. On top of all the other absurdities of Epstein's piece, the biggest hole in the theory to me is that if Snowden was a spy for anybody, why would he have chosen to reveal his identity in Hong Kong? It makes no sense for any plausible goal he was trying to accomplish.