So frustrating that Edward Snowden (a true hero, imho) didn't apply for asylum in Russia straight away.
Russia may not be a perfect country, but at least it's not a puppet to the US, and you can have a good life there It has beaches, ski slopes and great nature.. So why didn't he apply for asylum there straight away?!


  • Secondly: Politically, Russia is being SO lame in this matter. I am so unimpressed!
  • Why couldn't Russia offer asylum with no strings attached?
  • Or why can't Russia simply help Snowden get away, behind the scenes? They could have said he got away... and didn't know where he was.


It would be the simplest thing in the world, to sort out some travel documentation, do a radical makeover and off he goes, with nobody the wiser. Or simply sneak Snowden out the back door and put him on a commercial ship to Cuba or Venezuela or wherever he wants to go.

Since no "real" country commits to helping him, maybe he should go to one of these ex-Soviet breakaway countries, that are not "real" countries. Like Pridnestrovie (which I visited!!), Abkhazia or South Ossetia. A stateless man in a country that doesn't exist.... Sounds a bit poetic.

Last option: Iran or North Korea....?! (or am I forgetting some even more obscure country?)

I really think Russia should help out Snowden before it needs to come to that!

What do you think?