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Gosh, I remember when America used to give asylum to whistle blowers from the Soviet Union How things have changed.
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0611/In-tweak-to-US-Russia-would-consider-asylum-for-Snowden
Russia might be willing to grant asylum to Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who exposed the extent of the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance, if he asked for it, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.
"If such a request is made, it will be considered. We'll act according to facts," the Moscow daily Kommersant quoted Mr. Peskov as saying.
That single, utterly noncommittal phrase triggered a storm of commentary on Russian social media, with some exulting in the historic turn-of-fortunes situation that nowadays makes Russia look like a potential haven for US dissidents.
"By promising asylum to Snowden, Moscow has taken upon itself the protection of those persecuted for political reasons," tweeted Alexei Pushkov, the head of the State Duma's international affairs committee. "There will be hysterics in the US. They only recognize this right for themselves."
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sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)to try to hide the fact that they spy on you. They'll also arrest you for claiming that vlad isn't the greatest KGB officer ever to lead the country.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)"When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where
they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where
despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic]."
Abraham Lincoln
Source: August 24, 1855 - Letter to Joshua Speed
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Surely they would love a former NSA worker who holds US secrets.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)At least they aren't hypocrites about their tyranny.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)He's going from China to Russia. 
I'm starting to think that this guy is somebody's puppet.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)VERY dangerous place to be. They don't care about your PTSD from being a disgruntled Govt. employee. They will extract information from you and then you will disappear. Forever.
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I don't think he cares much about sympathy from the public. He has plenty already. If he is all about "freedom" why run off to China to begin with? There are a few things about this that don't make a lick of sense.
riqster
(13,986 posts)That being what he's already done elsewhere. Yeah, the security apparat would LOVE to "help" Snowden out...
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)Russia is no bastion of liberty and freedom
Russia’s parliament will debate a controversial law on Tuesday that could see people arrested for behaviour that is deemed to promote homosexuality.
The bill provides for Russian citizens engaged in the “propaganda of non-traditional sexual orientation” to be fined, while foreigners could be arrested and immediately deported.
If the Duma passes the law in its key second reading, it could come into force by the end of the month.
A number of regions have already adopted a similar law, and now MPs from President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party want to implement a nationwide ban on “gay propaganda”.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-set-to-pass-strict-antigay-law-that-could-see-foreigners-deported-for-sexual-propaganda-8652840.html
Celldweller
(186 posts)If you live in Russia with money and connections, there may be no better place to live.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Celldweller
(186 posts)in Russia. He'd probably get a cushy SVR job... as a consultant or such.
