Snowden extended residence permit in Russia for two years – RBC

Edward Snowden

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a Former employee of the national security Agency (NSA) USA Edward Snowden extended the term of the residence permit in Russia for two years. About this in his Facebook said the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

“[Edward] Snowden has just extended the deadline of residence permit in Russia for another couple of years,” she wrote. So Zakharova commented on the words of former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morella extradition of Snowden in the US as a “gift” to President-elect Donald Trump President of Russia Vladimir Putin. About Morrell wrote in an article for publication the brief cipher.

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Earlier, Donald trump declared that Russia should return a former employee of the NSA in the United States. “Edward Snowden is a spy. And if Russia respected us [the USA], they would have sent it back immediately,” he said.

Snowden Himself in September last year, expressed hope that President Barack Obama will pardon him before I leave office January 20, 2017. According to former NSA employee, uncovering information about the extent of surveillance by British and American intelligence services are not only morally justified, but also made the lives of citizens better.

Edward Snowden revealed the methods of surveillance of American special services for citizens, and spoke about the wiretapping by the intelligence services of phones of world leaders in 2013. In Washington, such action was called a violation of the laws of the United States.

After the publication of the data Snowden flew to Hong Kong and later to Moscow, where he was granted asylum. In the fall of 2015, he stated the readiness to return to the US to stand trial.