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Originally Posted by SpNkid
Funny statement as to me.
Snowden for Russia in general is not an important character at all, either in domestic or foreign issues.
In the Russian-speaking space Snowden perceived a sort of fool, a clown who does not say anything about what no one previously knew. And no one was shocked after his revelations. Here Snowden just chewing gum and no more.
The Russians do not care what will happen to him.
In the international arena Snowden is a convenient tool for Russia to show the independence of its position. And any aggressive statements and actions of the United States only helps Russia in this.
There is no need to detract from Snowden either the internal or foreign audiences.
On the contrary, Snowden is suitable as a convenient cover, if necessary.
Putin's condition to Snowden to close his mouth if he wants to stay in Russia, caused by a reluctance to be in an awkward situation if such Russian specialist suddenly will flee to the West or a similar situation, for example, you will pinch Viktor Bout's balls by doors and he suddenly will sing.
In other words it is a signal that no one wants to cross a redline. Everyone has something to say.
Navalny weighs here a little more than Snowden, but also just a clown. He began to expose corruption in the power structures, meaning his own integrity and white clothes. But it turned out that he himself is a thief and a fraud.
The story of Navalny has dragged on for many years and is not related with your whistler, even as a cover.
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You are assuming i am talking about what the average Russian thinks. i am referring to the US media/people. One Russian story pushes the other in the background. We will hardly cover two at the same time!
You are correct that within the populace in CIS everything is taken with a large gain of salt. Every time i would come back to the States i would be surprised at the US media coverage of Ruusia. It was never the main stories there. Of course, in 2008 in Moscow and Chelyabinsk all I heard from my Russian colleagues and United Russia
apparatchiki was that Obama could never be elected. Bush woun't allow it. That I wasting energy for even bothering to vote or be concerned. Good call.
I liked the old Russian choice, "none of the above." But I seem to recall that Putin/Duma removed it.