President Vladimir Putin had already granted him Russian citizenship in September. Former US Secret Service agent Edward Snowden has now received his Russian passport. According to the TASS news agency, the whistleblower has now also taken an oath of allegiance to Russia.
The 39-year-old’s legal team confirmed to Russian media that Snowden collected his Russian passport on Friday. Whether the oath of allegiance was taken at the same time or earlier has not been disclosed. However, this is a normal process for naturalizations. In the oath formula, the new citizen swears, among other things, to fulfill “the duties of a citizen of the Russian Federation”.
Is there an appeal now?
As far back as September, when Snowden’s naturalization became public, a debate erupted on social media over whether the 39-year-old could be drafted into the Russian army and sent to the Ukrainian front as part of the partial mobilization to come. the course was in the Russian army. time. Snowden’s lawyer insisted at the time that his client would not be called up because only Russians with previous military experience would be eligible.
Snowden fled into Russian exile after publicizing the massive storage and analysis of telephone and internet data by the US intelligence agency NSA in 2013. The US is demanding his extradition.
Source: Krone
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