Putin grants Snowden citizenship

Russian President Vladimir Putin granted U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden full Russian citizenship on Monday.

According to Reuters, Snowden was among 72 foreign-born individuals who were granted citizenship by Putin. The move comes two years after Snowden announced he was applying for a Russian citizenship.

“After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our son. That’s why, in this era of pandemics and closed borders, we’re applying for dual US-Russian citizenship,” Snowden tweeted about his citizenship request in November 2020.

Lindsay and I will remain Americans, raising our son with all the values of the America we love—including the freedom to speak his mind. And I look forward to the day I can return to the States, so the whole family can be reunited.

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) November 1, 2020

“Lindsay and I will remain Americans, raising our son with all the values of the America we love — including the freedom to speak his mind. And I look forward to the day I can return to the States, so the whole family can be reunited,” he wrote.

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