Edward Snowden Granted Russian Citizenship

snowden102way — In a video interview with *The* Guardian, Edward Snowden says he exposed NSA monitoring because "the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong."

Date:

September 26, 2022

Modified: September 26, 2022

Former NSA contractor and whistleblower has been granted Russian citizenship by President Putin. In 2020 Snowden was granted permanent asylum and had applied for Russian citizenship. That request has apparently been granted after Snowdens appeals, which he says was for the sake of his son. In an interview in 2020, he said that he is still an American and raises his family with American ideals.

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