Thread: Edward Snowden and his stay in Russia

Originally Posted by 14Russian

I thought Putin had a backbone. I guess not.

Yeah, exactly! I am not a big Putin fan, even if I think his comments are quite funny sometimes, and I agree with SOME of the things he says. However, I did actually think he had backbone! Was I wrong?!

But he said "Snowden would have to stop his activities against our American partners". Either Putin has an identical program running in Russia, and supports a mass surveillance state himself... Or he has no backbone! Or perhaps the USA is blackmailing him with something. He did say "as strange as this may seem, coming from me..." as if he wanted to hint that it was a bit of a strange position for him to take.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Yeah, exactly! I am not a big Putin fan, even if I think his comments are quite funny sometimes, and I agree with SOME of the things he says. However, I did actually think he had backbone! Was I wrong?!

But he said "Snowden would have to stop his activities against our American partners". Either Putin has an identical program running in Russia, and supports a mass surveillance state himself... Or he has no backbone! Or perhaps the USA is blackmailing him with something. He did say "as strange as this may seem, coming from me..." as if he wanted to hint that it was a bit of a strange position for him to take.

'Snowden would have to stop his activities against our American partners.' Yes, everyone knows how often Putin takes an ethical stance.