Edward Snowden gets Russian citizenship

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Edward Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013

Russia granted its citizenship to the former US Central Intelligence Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, who leaked intelligence information regarding large-scale surveillance and espionage operations conducted by US intelligence agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Snowden’s naturalization decree on Monday morning.

Snowden, 39, has lived in Russia since 2013 as a political refugee, following he leaked information, including a program of the US National Security Agency (NSA), aimed at monitoring millions of American citizens.

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