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    18 days ago

    Yes but “pledge allegiance to Putin” is needed for becoming a citizen. He was no longer safe anywhere else.

    He can’t go anywhere that the US has control over which is pretty much everywhere but US enemies

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        18 days ago

        True, but that is part of becoming a whistle blower. Someone had to leak proof of mass surveillance so that we could do something about it.

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        18 days ago

        Well actually he was otw to south america iirc when the US revoked his passport stranding him in Russia, so technically they were the American Government’s choices.