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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by vbezhenar on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:38AM (#27301294)
Do you think that Snowden prefers to live in Russia because of his values or because of his safety?
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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by lazyjones on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:50AM (#27301369)
Because his values made him a dissident in the West, where he is in danger.
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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by indigochill on Thursday May 27, 2021 @03:04PM (#27306812)
A dissident in the US and its buddies, specifically. Iceland is still "the west" and was where Snowden said he'd have liked to move, but they'd have needed to offer him asylum and for that he'd have been required to apply in person and he was just not in the right place at the right time for that to happen (since he had concerns at the time that it would have been easier for the US to lean on Iceland than Hong Kong).
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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by jamespo on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:57AM (#27301426)
Magnitsky says hello. Or rather he doesn't.
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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by vbezhenar on Thursday May 27, 2021 @06:54AM (#27301402)
He's dissident because he breached the laws and revealed secret information. Russia has similar laws and he would be convicted in Russia for similar acts. And, I guess, in any other country.
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Re:Protasevich Street? Bucharest mulls changing address of B... by ithkuil on Thursday May 27, 2021 @07:23AM (#27301644)
"I love treason but hate a traitor" -- Julius Caesar
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