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President Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked thousands of classified documents online in 2013 and is wanted by the U.S. on espionage charges. He faces up to 30 years if convicted. pic.twitter.com/SLlEpDSEdP
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) September 26, 2022
MORE – U.S. State Department says Mr. Snowden should return to the United States to face justice. pic.twitter.com/4mWRqQbKur
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 26, 2022
I thought this already happened, but okay. I don’t really care about this guy either way. He’s said some cucked stuff.
Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to the US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Snowden, 39, a former US intelligence contractor, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US after leaking secret files, published by the Guardian, that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the US National Security Agency.
In 2020, Snowden said that he and his then-pregnant wife were applying for Russian citizenship in order not to be separated from their future son in an era of pandemics and closed borders. Russia granted him permanent residency rights the same year, paving the way for him to obtain Russian citizenship.
“After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our sons,” Snowden, whose name appeared on a list of 72 foreign-born individuals for whom Putin was granting citizenship, said on Monday. “After two years of waiting and nearly ten years of exile, a little stability will make a difference for my family. I pray for privacy for them—and for us all.”
Putin’s decree to grant Snowden citizenship quickly led to quips on social media that the whistleblower will soon be conscripted into the Russian army to fight in Ukraine as part of the country’s nationwide mobilisation campaign.
“Will Snowden be mobilised?” wrote Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the state-owned broadcaster RT on her Telegram channel.
Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told the state news agency Ria Novosti that his client could not be drafted because he has not previously served in the Russian armed forces. The lawyer added that Snowden’s wife, Lindsay Mills, was also applying for Russian citizenship.
Never forget: Edward Snowden.
