Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him

Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by kmonsen on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:01PM (#11546412)

Would he have a guarantee he would be allowed back in Russia? If not I guess he can stay in Norway indefinitely but would need a work visa as well.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by xaduha on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:33PM (#11546500)

Would Putin even let him leave Russia?

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by EthanHeilman on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:40PM (#11546528)

It would look really bad for Russia if Snowden was held against his will.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by xaduha on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:53PM (#11546565)

There's a gradient between 'free' and 'held against his will', I'm sure there are plenty of ways Snowden can be discouraged from taking a chance like that.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by uberuser on Friday April 22, 2016 @07:38AM (#11548372)

Currently Snowden have permanent residency for 3 years (as another country citizen), with right to leave RF for three months (if longer, permanent residency can be repealed). [1]https://www.justlanded.com/english/Russia/Russia-Guide/Visas...

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by mcv on Friday April 22, 2016 @05:54AM (#11548076)

Yeah, but Russia already looks pretty bad for a variety of other reasons. I don't find this a particularly compelling argument.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by exabrial on Friday April 22, 2016 @12:56AM (#11547147)

They would care you think?

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by rev on Friday April 22, 2016 @06:56AM (#11548247)

Actually the better question is why would they care about Snowden leaving (or not leaving) Russia? Or why wouldn't Putin let Snowden leave? Snowden is a minor liability for Russia.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by xaduha on Friday April 22, 2016 @08:48AM (#11548678)

I think Snowden is valuable to Putin, he's not just a liability.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by rdancer on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:48PM (#11546545)

Do they have a no-fly list now as well?

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by laurencerowe on Thursday April 21, 2016 @09:53PM (#11546563)

Norway and Russia share a land border.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by knorby on Thursday April 21, 2016 @10:10PM (#11546611)

With roads north of the arctic circle. It looks like it would be difficult to do that without crossing into either Sweden or Finland too, which would be an issue for Snowden.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by Sami_Lehtinen on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:40PM (#11546920)

No it isn't. Just take E105. "Refugees" use that route all the time. It's "straight" route from Moscow to Norway and then take E6 to Oslo.

But Norway is a Nato country so it's a trap. Don't go there.

With current pressure from Russia even neutral counties like Finland would probably gladly extradite Snowden to US.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by rdancer on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:45PM (#11546931)

The drive would take less than three days each way[1]. Spring is upon us, and the temperatures en-route currently straddle the freezing point[2][3].

[1] https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/Moscow,+Russia/Oslo,+Norwa...

[2] https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=weather+olderfjord [3] https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=murmansk+weather+10+day+fo...

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by dagw on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:13AM (#11547710)

He could also fly to Murmansk and cut the drive in half. Personally I'd fly to Murmansk, drive a couple of hours to Kirkenes, and spend a few lovely days taking the boat down the coast to Bergen before grabbing a train to Oslo.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by jessaustin on Friday April 22, 2016 @08:14AM (#11548526)

I don't think ocean travel is safe for him at this point. Many things can happen on a small boat in the Atlantic at night.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by dagw on Friday April 22, 2016 @08:28AM (#11548593)

Many things can happen on a small boat in the Atlantic at night.

Sure, but nothing that can't also happen in a car on a small backcountry road at night. And anyway if he takes a passenger ferry he'll be constantly surrounded by hundreds of other people which is a hell of a lot more collateral damage to take into consideration if you're genuinely concerned about someone causing an 'accident'.

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Re:Snowden Seeks Assurance from Norway It Won’t Extradite Him by fpoling on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:13AM (#11547711)

In Norway on my last few domestic flights or flights to Scandinavian countries I was not asked to present any ID. Ticket on a mobile screen was enough. But on some domestic flight in 2014 I was asked for ID.

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