Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now

Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by 1gor on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @11:26AM (#6096698)

  Think Osama bin Laden granting asylum to Snowden in some remote Taliban camp.

Strange, I am Russian and have been living in Russia for 5 years now (and before that for 20 years in the UK and Holland). And I cannot agree with your Taliban analogy even remotely. Actually, life in Russia today in some ways feels more free than in Europe. For example you don't need to be politically correct (self-censoring) when expressing your private or political views. And one can still (for now) smoke in pubs here ;)

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by jrkatz on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @11:44AM (#6096807)

I'm sure Russia is a fine place if you're not a journalist, particularly invested in the democratic process, gay or in any other LGBTQ group. Why, it's all worth it for smoking in pubs!

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by xentronium on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @11:48AM (#6096837)

> For example you don't need to be politically correct (self-censoring) when expressing your private or political views.

Right.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by SimHacker on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:39PM (#6098940)

What if your views are that homosexuality is not a crime you should be locked up for talking about?

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by ambientwhsiper on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @12:24PM (#6097095)

Right. In Russia you can pretty much insult anyone as much as you like. Just hope they don't have a traumatic handgun on them.

Give me a break. Nobody moves back to Russia, because they are free to smoke at the pubs there.

I was also born in Russia and 3 years ago, I spent a year there. It is just as shit country as it has always been. Nothing changed. It's got some new paint on the facade.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by menato on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @01:30PM (#6097582)

Appreciation of reality in Russia is seriously depend on who you are. If you feel bad inside, it rather caused by your own personality.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by SimHacker on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:41PM (#6098951)

I hear there are no homosexuals in Russia. They are all very manly and masculine. Even the women. So there is no reason for a Russian man to be homosexual.

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Re:Snowden asylum still under review, stays in airport for now by sp332 on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:15PM (#6098797)

Maybe you should rephrase that as: almost no one likes Russia, it's very hostile to anyone who is different.

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