Russia extends Snowden residency by three years

Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by jacquesm on Thursday August 07, 2014 @08:09AM (#8147254)

It used to be like that for all citizens. But that practice has been abolished quite a while ago, if you have a valid passport and you're not on a list of 'persons of interest' you can leave the country like everywhere else.

But you are right in Snowdens case, since foreigners resident in Russia need an 'exit visum' to be allowed to do trips abroad, and clearly Snowden is one of those.

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Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by huhtenberg on Thursday August 07, 2014 @08:11AM (#8147260)

Snowden is not a citizen.

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Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by jacquesm on Thursday August 07, 2014 @08:14AM (#8147269)

I never claimed he was a citizen, but he is a resident and that's the bit that matters here. And that's exactly the situation that part of the law applies to (and it is one of the reasons I never wanted to live in Russia, I don't want to have to ask permission to leave a country).

So Snowden needs permission to be allowed to leave.

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Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by huhtenberg on Thursday August 07, 2014 @08:35AM (#8147353)

DanBC said "citizen", not you.

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Re:Russia extends Snowden residency by three years by DanBC on Thursday August 07, 2014 @08:47AM (#8147399)

And I have since edited to correct my mistake.

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