FROM: Lynn R Morrison Snowden Likely to Spend the Rest of His Life in Russia - NSA leaker Edward Snowden has been granted a visa to stay in Russia for one year, but given the difficulty of obtaining asylum in another country – and physically reaching it – it is likely he will remain in Russia for the rest of his life. This will affect Russia’s relationship with the United States in the short term, as the White House was bitterly opposed to Moscow granting asylum to Snowden, but there will be little, if any, long-term fallout. I agree that this will have little effect on long term relations - Putin just wanted the slap Obama across the face in public - which he did., quite well.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:16:15 +0000