Snowden to meet with human rights groups in Moscow

http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_07_12/Snowden-proposes-meeting-at-Sheremetyevo-airport-at-5-00-p-m-on-Friday-lawyer-Padva-6625/

by znowi • 13 years ago

118 29 13 years ago

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buro9• 13 years ago

Anyone else wonder if this is misdirection to mask his already having fled to South America?

quchen• 13 years ago

For all we know, he could still be in Hong Kong.

jlgreco• 13 years ago

Putin seems to think he has been in Russia. How would he get Putin to play along?

jsmcgd• 13 years ago

The thought crossed my mind too but I think this is probably legitimate.

reneherse• 13 years ago

Ignoring the comparative levels of freedom in the respective countries, wouldn't it seem to be a safer bet to seek asylum in Russia than Venezuela? Russia seems far less politically volatile and more likely to resist US pressure over a 50 year time span.

perlpimp• 13 years ago

I doubt the government would let him keep publishing his works. While it is an ok solution he might want to go to the country that will let him to run the course of his disclosures.

_k• 13 years ago

He's looking for a solution because what if his plane is hijacked ?

smackay• 13 years ago

The Russian government is endorsing a meeting between an American dissident and human rights groups - pinch me, I must be dreaming.

It seems that the old Cold War days of political intrigue between East and West are back with a vengeance. What's fascinating is to think about how much this is orchestrated by Putin and how much by Snowden. If it's the former then there is some long term strategy that the Russians are playing (political domination of Western Europe within 100 years, anyone?) If it's the latter then, given all the pressure of recent events, he must be a very remarkable individual indeed.

cup• 13 years ago

Never underestimate an entities willingness to engage in blatant hypocrisy if they believe they can benefit out of it.

snitko2• 13 years ago

There's a very common theme on sites like HN or reddit (and I'm not implying you're using it here, but your comment may at least suggest it - if not, forgive me, my comment is not directed at you specifically) that although western governments can be dicks, they are still nowhere near 3-rd world countries' governments when it comes to human rights and other things you, western countries' residents, take for granted.

However, in my view, the thing to realize is that almost all achievements the west made came not from a system of governance, but from individuals continuously restricting those who govern and from the entrepreneurial talent that flourished when government didn't bother them. To say that western governments are somehow better than a Russian government is to be ignorant. They only thing they are better at is lying and deceiving its people about its own importance to the society.

menato• 13 years ago

It is highly doubtful that goverments could plan a century ahead.

Sharlin• 13 years ago

Wise men don't plan; wise men steer.

theboywho• 13 years ago

Putin or the russian government planing this meeting is less likely than you working for the USA government to spread conspiracy theories in social networks over the NSA case in favor of the US gov by playing the patriotism card.

wikiburner• 13 years ago

I know it's ironic given recent revelations, but am I the only one who's super-reluctant to click on any link ending in .ru or .cn?

No jingoism here - probably just too many years on Windows have me paranoid.

andreypopp• 13 years ago

Keep up with that

panacea2• 13 years ago

I'm paranoid about clicking on any links regarding these revelations on a site self-labelled "hacker"-news... even reading The Guardian!

And it disturbs me. I'm quite certain I'm on a algorithmically generated shortlist as a result of following this mess.

I know the internet hasn't been the 'wild west' for quite some time, but it morphed into 'panopticon' pretty damn quickly.

wwhitman• 13 years ago

Shortlist? That would be a very, very long list. So long in fact as to be totally useless. There is a cure for Internet paranoia. Fresh air and sunshine.

muyuu• 13 years ago

"No jingoism here" => proceeds with jingoism.

Grue32• 13 years ago

You probably should not trust any news sources that come from these two domains anyway. Pretty much guaranteed to be Russian or Chinese propaganda.

patrickk• 13 years ago

As opposed to the propaganda free US media?

deletes• 13 years ago

Live stream in the airport: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RjENf...

Snowden to meet with human rights groups in Moscow

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