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Snowden’s alleged privileged treatment by Putin’s Russia after defecting

Date
November 11, 2025
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House Oversight
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House Oversight #020285
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The passage outlines specific benefits Snowden received in Russia—identification papers, a studio, bodyguards, a cyber‑security job, and a $1 M payment to his lawyer—suggesting a quid‑pro‑quo relation Snowden arrived in Moscow on a limousine, escorted by Russian officials and a translator. He received Russian ID papers on August 1 2013 and was allowed to set up a broadcasting studio. He was report

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