MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed Monday by the Russian leader. Snowden is one of 75 foreign citizens listed by the decree as being granted Russian citizenship.
and sometimes they can't do either. black bagging people is risky because if your guys get caught on the wrong side of the border they are going to be in trouble and also massively embaress America
They are still extremely powerful, more powerful than anywhere else by far, and able to get their way quite often most places on Earth. Luckily for Snowden, Moscow is one of the few places out of their reach
yeah but they can't actually enforce it
Sometimes they can, sometimes they just blackbag people and do “extraordinary renditions” to black sites
and sometimes they can't do either. black bagging people is risky because if your guys get caught on the wrong side of the border they are going to be in trouble and also massively embaress America
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yeah because it was over austrian airspace and Austria is part of the NATO goon squad.
Forcibly grounding the Bolivian presidents plane over Bolivia or Russia would have been another matter
Isn't Austria one of the few European countries that aren't in NATO?
maybe but they're still a US lapdog
You make it sound like the US would never do this. They do it literally every day
Probably not that much in Moscow where Snowdon lives through
Right, they don’t do it from Russia or China specifically because those places have extensive counter-intelligence and will likely catch them
they don't have moral objections to it but the US isn't all powerful and don't always get their way
They are still extremely powerful, more powerful than anywhere else by far, and able to get their way quite often most places on Earth. Luckily for Snowden, Moscow is one of the few places out of their reach