article_snippet.sent: Snowden is being ‘exploited’ under a deal Snowden made with the Russians to guarantee Snowden asylum, a leading spy analyst has claimed.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden may have been told not to speak out on Russian surveillance but continue attacking America in order to save Snowden from jail in the US, Andrei Soldatov said.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden is being ‘exploited’ under a deal Snowden made with the Russians to guarantee Snowden asylum, a leading spy analyst has claimed .
article_snippet.sent: After Mr Snowden, 31, revealed Snowden in June 2013 as the civilian CIA worker who stole a vast tranche of classified documents, Snowden fled to Hong Kong
article_snippet.sent: and then Russia where Snowden was given asylum.
article_snippet.sent: But the details of the arrangement have never been made public, and Snowden has never addressed the two countries.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden is also an author, investigative journalist and analyst who has been working on the Russian security state for a decade.
article_snippet.sent: It was thought that Snowden was living in a secret location in Russia after Snowden 2013 leaks made Snowden a wanted man by the US Government –
article_snippet.sent: but it seems SnowdenMr Putin’s actually set up shop in the middle of the White House.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden said: ‘I think there is some sort of a deal with the Russian authorities.
article_snippet.sent: It seems Snowden insisted that Snowden’d never be used by Russian propaganda.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden never made it onto (Russian TV station) RT or other state media outlets and of course (Russian TV station)
article_snippet.sent: RT or other state media outlets would be happy to have Snowden.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden’s clearly being exploited - after all, many repressive measures on the Internet in Russia were presented to Russians as a response to Snowden’s revelations.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden is still a wanted man in the US where, if Snowden returns, Snowden will face espionage charges that could see Snowden jailed for life if convicted.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden said: ‘It seems the idea is to stress that Snowden’s just not in the US, Snowden’s somewhere, but not in Russia.
article_snippet.sent: think it was Snowden strategy from the beginning.
article_snippet.sent: After all, Snowden questioned (
article_snippet.sent: So my impression is that it’s not Snowden decision.
highlights_snippet.sent: Analyst claims Snowden under orders not to speak out against Russia .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Snowden fled to Russia via Hong Kong after leaking classified documents .