That just proves what everyone's been saying. He's a good guy, he even loves his country and he wants to do the right thing, after realising that he's been serving a bad cause for many years.

Now, the USA is going after him as if he was Osama bin Laden or a particularly bad war criminal.
"If you're not for us, your against us". Ed was a guy with inside info, who choose the "wrong" side.

The question is how safe he'd really be in Russia. I think odds that he dies in a car accident, in a mysterious illness or trips in front of the metro train while in the Russia are much higher than for a regular person. Maybe soon, or in 5 years.