Edward Snowden, NSA hacker and as seen-by-some whistle-blowing hero, is asking for asylum in Russia, where he currently resides in a Moscow airport, until he can find safe passage to one of three Latin American nations (Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Bolivia) who have offered him asylum. Now Russia does not want to hurt relations with the U.S., nor does Putin want to look weak by bending to America’s will. How will they react?
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