Snowden leaving the country would provide good timing for Russia to de-escalate their Western relations. On the other hand this could be years out. I suspect Pu

Snowden leaving the country would provide good timing for Russia to de-escalate their Western relations. On the other hand this could be years out. I suspect Putin may rather cut off the gas while waiting for another major economic contraction and debt default cycle breaking up at least pieces of the EU. Switzerland now has grudges against the US for destroying their bank secrecy. If Bloomberg news is to be believed, both capital and humans are leaving the country as a result.