Moscow: The country’s President Putin has granted Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, who has been involved in controversy after publishing American spy secrets.
Russia has granted citizenship to 75 people of foreign origin. It also features Snowden. Snowden has yet to comment on the matter. Following the release of US secrets, Snowden fled to Russia as a refugee. The US government continued to demand Snowden’s extradition. However, Russia did not agree to this. Russia rejected the US demand. In this case, Snowden has been granted permanent citizenship.
Who is this Edward Snowden? – Snowden is the man who revealed many of America’s spy secrets. He made it public to the world that US intelligence agencies continue to covertly monitor the government activities of other countries and their own people. Due to this, it is noteworthy that Edward Snowden, who was declared a wanted criminal in the United States, has been living in Russia since then.