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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3 years (as another country citizen), with right to leave RF for three months (if longer, permanent residency can be repealed).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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