The move will reportedly complete Snowden's Russian citizenship, which his lawyer argues will prevent the U.S. from extraditing him.
Snowden has maintained he would return to the U.S. if given the opportunity to face a fair trial. Though Snowden and many of his supporters maintain his NSA disclosures clearly benefited the public, the Espionage Act under which he’s chargedprevents defendants from arguing their actions were made in the public interest. That legal dead end reportedly led Snowden to seek a presidential pardon, first from Barack Obama and then later from Donald Trump.
a pardon withering away, Snowden publicly announced he was applying for dual U.S./Russian citizenship in the interest of maintaining his familial life.“After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our SONS,” Snow den wrote on Twitter. “After two years of waiting and nearly ten years of exile, a little stability will make a difference for my family.”during one of the bleakest moments in Russia’s recent history. The country continues to engage in a war with Ukraine that has left it isolated from most of the international community. During that time, rights groups have
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