Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
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Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#2> "Russia has never extradited anyone, and will not extradite," said Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
While part of me feels that this is good news, the other part - cynical from all the word games I've heard from my own government recently - suspects they could definitely send him back without calling it "extradition." Still, I am cautiously optimistic.
Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#3Hard to imagine cheering something the Russian government does yet here we are. Would you trust your life to them?
Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#4Hard to imagine cheering something the Russian government does yet here we are. Would you trust your life to them?
Would you rather trust your life to the US government?
Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#5Hard to imagine cheering something the Russian government does yet here we are. Would you trust your life to them?
Would you rather trust your life to the US government?
Yes.
Let's not forget that it's Russia.
Still, Snowden can't afford to trust the US, so that leaves Russia as an alternative. But that's just a special case for this particular situation.
Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#6> said Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Hm. Interesting switch. I wonder why.
Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#7Between this and both sides publicly announcing they're arming opposing sides of the Syrian conflict, I can't help but think the cold-war is making a comeback.
I am not saying that Russia should betray Snowden's trust and hand him over. Just that the two countries should have the appropriate communication channels to sort this out, and not air to the media in PR stunts. Public diplomacy often leads to oneupmanship, and makes concessions expensive.
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#8I think the saying "The enemy of an enemy, is a friend" suits this situation very well.
Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#9Hard to imagine cheering something the Russian government does yet here we are. Would you trust your life to them?
As a bisexual man, no.
Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin
#10> "Russia has never extradited anyone, and will not extradite," said Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. While part of me feels that this is good news, the other part - cynical from all the word games I've heard from my own government recently - suspects they could definitely send him back without calling it "extradition." Still, I am cautiously optimistic.
I don't think you need to be particularly cynical to assume that Russia might eventually send him away without calling it an extradition. After all, it doesn't look like Russia is interested in actively protecting Snowden. And if he doesn't get asylum in Russia neither somewhere else, it's plausible that the "default" alternative is deportation.