alt Hacker NewsSnowden did not take refuge in Russia. He was trapped there when his passport was cancelled by the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden_asylum_in_Russi...
Snowden did not take refuge in Russia. He was trapped there when his passport was cancelled by the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden_asylum_in_Russi...
He still accepted their asylum rather than voluntarily going back to the us. His original intention does not exculpate him.