Edward Snowden Is Granted Russian Citizenship

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/world/europe/edward-snowden-russia-citizenship.html

by mcone • 4 years ago

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shagie• 4 years ago

NYT gift link (no paywall) - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/26/world/europe/edward-snowd...

yyyk2• 4 years ago

I never had any sympathy to that spy. He hitched his ride to Russia and in a way, he is already being punished by living there. Now that he's a citizen, he better hope he can avoid mobilization.

Russian IT Joke: I program in Fortran, Putin can't send me to the front(end)!

poisonarena• 4 years ago

he is already being punished by living there

It's a shame with whats happening with the war and the governments decisions, but I was fortunate enough to live in Saint Petersburg for several months and I really enjoyed the people I met, the food I ate, and the culture I experienced. I would love an opportunity to live and work there somewhere down the line, and it certainly would not be anything close to a punishment for me.

yyyk2• 4 years ago

Russia is basically a bubble of two large world-class towns, and a gigantic third-world periphery (source: many friends who lived there). You've enjoyed yourself at one time, but the bubble is starting to burst, and Russia will not be the same anymore.

Edward Snowden Is Granted Russian Citizenship

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