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.
Reminds me of the continued refusal to send over that one *US diplomat's wife for running over some kid *after pulling out in front of his motorcycle in the UK.
I can definitely see how that would be a problem, yeah. I do wonder though if that outweighs the problem of having a class of people who can run down pedestrians with few repercussions
Reminds me of the continued refusal to send over that one *US diplomat's wife for running over some kid *after pulling out in front of his motorcycle in the UK.
*was not exactly up to date on the specifics
Wait who’s refusing to send her to who? I’ve never heard of this case I’m interested
IIRC american diplomat's wife in UK, didn't look both ways before pulling out, killed a motorcyclist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/22/world/europe/diplomatic-immunity-harry-dunn.html
I feel like it’s incredibly obvious that diplomatic immunity shouldn’t apply to traffic crimes and I don’t know why that isn’t built in
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diplomat is code for spy half the time so ¯\(ツ)/¯
I can definitely see how that would be a problem, yeah. I do wonder though if that outweighs the problem of having a class of people who can run down pedestrians with few repercussions
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