Edward Snowden became a Russian citizen. This was reported by the Russian press agency Tax. Snowden, a former employee of CIA and of Nsa, became famous around the world for revealing the existence of a mass surveillance program developed by the US government. The former employee ofintelligence American has been in Russia since 2013, the year the US Department of Justice filed a civil suit against him. Since then, he has never left the country and now, even if he has become a Russian citizen, he will not be able to be enlisted in the partial military mobilization in Russia. “There is a procedure established by Russian law in relation to the requirements for the convocation,” said his lawyer. Anatoly Kucherena. “Since Edward has not served in the Russian military and has no experience or practice in military service, he is not subject to the possibility of enlistment.” The lukewarm response from the United States, according to which the granting of Russian citizenship to the former NSA analyst “does not change anything”. To say it is the spokesman for the State Department, Ned Priceadding that US justice will continue to prosecute Snowden for disseminating classified information.
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