World News – UA – Russian government grants permanent residence to Edward Snowden

MOSCOW, Russia – Russia has granted permanent residence permit to Edward Snowden, the public interest informant of the National Security Agency

Snowden has been living in exile in Russia since 2013, when he revealed the US secret service’s massive surveillance programs

Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena on Thursday announced the Russian government’s decision to grant him an indefinite residence permit Russia granted Snowden a residence permit in 2013, which expired in 2020

The United States has requested his extradition for violating espionage laws Thursday’s ruling ensures he will not be extradited

Thanks to the information Snowden revealed via a series of publications, the public learned about the workings of the mass surveillance system of the US and its allies, the cooperation of big tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc and telecommunications providers in this surveillance, but also the cover-up of this surveillance by the obvious and flagrant violation of individual freedoms and the US Constitution

A few days ago, a US Federal Judge ruled that the US government could seize profits from the sales rights to Snowden’s book « Permanent Record » which amount to $ 5 2 million

The justification for Snowden’s revelations came, however, in early September when the US Court of Appeals ruled that the covert collection of telephone records from millions of Americans violated the Foreign Intelligence Watch Act. and was possibly unconstitutional

MOSCOW, Russia – Russia has granted permanent residence permit to Edward Snowden, the public interest informant of the National Security Agency

Snowden has been living in exile in Russia since 2013, when he revealed the US secret service’s massive surveillance programs

Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena on Thursday announced the Russian government’s decision to grant him an indefinite residence permit Russia granted Snowden a residence permit in 2013, which expired in 2020

The United States has requested his extradition for violating espionage laws Thursday’s ruling ensures he will not be extradited

Thanks to the information Snowden revealed via a series of publications, the public learned about the workings of the mass surveillance system of the US and its allies, the cooperation of big tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc and telecommunications providers in this surveillance, but also the cover-up of this surveillance by the obvious and flagrant violation of individual freedoms and the US Constitution

A few days ago, a US Federal Judge ruled that the US government could seize profits from the sales rights to Snowden’s book « Permanent Record » which amount to $ 5 2 million

The justification for Snowden’s revelations came, however, in early September when the US Court of Appeals ruled that the covert collection of telephone records from millions of Americans violated the Foreign Intelligence Watch Act. and was possibly unconstitutional

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