Talk:Edward Snowden asylum in Russia

Latest comment: 1 year ago by 50.101.105.130 in topic Putin's war

Edward Snowden October 30, 2017 edit

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Contact we need to discuss something please be very important 172.58.155.25 (talk) 03:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Putin's war edit

Now that Putin ordered all Americans out of Russia, will Snowden have to leave as well? 2001:56A:74D2:7D00:AD2F:AB0F:6DE1:4C06 (talk) 20:13, 6 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

Clearly, given that it has not happened, no. Worth noting he had a different legal status with residency than most Americans in Russia. He has since become a dual citizen.
More seriously, I removed the sentence saying he could be conscripted, because the source didn't even state that. The source referenced an American political appointee speculating that. The same source then references a non-speculative source, the Russian government, that he would not as he lacks military experience. OR, but he is also above the conscription age in Russia, by 12 years. I don't like the war either, but don't frame the speculation of a US Department of State Spokesman's speculation (which is a form of propoganda, literally his job) as definitive when it is discounted within 30 seconds. Do better. 50.101.105.130 (talk) 16:10, 26 November 2022 (UTC)Reply