Apparently Russia's stated that it "never extradites anyone". Good!

(I can't even describe how disappointed 'd be with Russia if it extradited Snowden. It would fall a mile in my estimation.
If he is extradited so Putin can maintain his relationship with the "American partners" then Russia is no longer a country I take seriously.)

It's been fully established that the USA tortures people, including at times, it's own citizens, but particularly citizens of other countries.
What a rotten lie to claim anything else! The USA has given political asylum to a number of Russian ex employees of security services, like that tiresome man who's always in American news, forgotten the name.

I am certainly not saying that Russia is a perfect country. No doubt there are all sorts of quesetions the leadership should answer. However, Russia is not holding itself up as a judge of other countries' integrity, it does not presume to say which countries are "evil" and it isn't preaching freedom and democracy to the world while invading nations and keeping bases across the globe.
So Russia is at least less of a liar and hypocrite in its foreign polcy.

Who knows, maybe Snowden can become a part of society in Russia and start supporting change in areas like corruption, in Russia.

Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
Btw, Crime and Punishment was the perfect book for Snowden. He reminds me of Raskolnikov. Well, except with more money.
Haha, he's been reading that at the airport? Stylish choice. With the amount of time he's had there by now, he should have been able to make it through quite a few of the Russian classics. Hope he realises that he'd better get on with the language studies!