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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by rudolf0 on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @10:51AM (#13427176)
Russia was one of his last choices as a refuge; they were just one of the only countries to accept him.

I doubt he's fond of Russia, either, and he's made some passive-aggressive jabs at them on his Twitter.

That said, it can't be ruled out that he divulged even more secret information to Russia's intelligence services as a condition for asylum, but I don't think there's any evidence it was one of his motives when leaking.

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Re:Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence by TheCoelacanth on Wednesday January 18, 2017 @12:55PM (#13428500)
He wasn't even trying to stay in Russia. He was just traveling through on his way to Ecuador but he got stuck there because the US revoked his passport.
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