Speculative Account of Russian Exfiltration and Detention of Edward Snowden via Hong Kong and Moscow

The passage offers a detailed, but unverified, narrative linking Putin, senior Russian security officials, and the FSB to Snowden’s movement from Hong Kong to Russia. It suggests possible leverage, a Putin allegedly approved Snowden’s exfiltration to Russia via Aeroflot. Russian officials may have used Snowden as leverage in Hong Kong, demanding his documents. FSB allegedly held Snowden in a tran