Can you point to one instance where Snowden supported/defended Putin or opinions of Putin? Couldn’t find one in the article.
Several such instances are listed in the article, the argument is pretty clearly stated. If you don't find it convincing, that's one thing but claiming it's not there when it plainly is is just odd.
The article claims a lot ... yet I cannot find any source interviews where Snowden defended Putin.
That's not what you asked. The article lists several occurrences which the author interprets as support for Putin. You said you read the article and found no such thing. That's not a reasonable representation of the article. Or of reading.
Several?
Snowden is brought into association with Assange and Greenwald, a lot of the instances you are talking about mentioned in the article are not related to Snowden but to Wikileaks etc.
I don’t know any instance where Snowden was in direct support or defended Putin (even from the article). The only “Support” from Snowden was showing up in a TV show with Putin asking him 2 questions.
Still my question holds: when did Snowden defend Putin? (and can you get a source interview or statement directly from Snowden … not associations over actions of 3rd parties).
I'm not really interested in hashing out whether you think Snowden does or does not support Putin by your personally chosen criteria of the meaning of 'support' and proof. I'm happy to agree that you think he doesn't in advance.
I don’t know. Moving to Russia?
I’m not entirely convinced by the explanation, but it’s the best one I’ve seen so far, and a lot of these people’s actions make more sense if the author is right about what motivates them.