Nine years after he exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations undertaken by the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) and sought refuge in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has finally granted Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Putin grants Snowden Russian citizenship, people ask will the whisteblower be 'drafted into army'?

Edward Snowden, a former US intelligence contractor who revealed in 2013 that the US government was spying on its citizens, has said he would like to return to his home country, but only on the condition of a fair trial.

Edward Snowden asks to return to US; Trump to 'take a look' at pardoning

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Putin grants Snowden Russian citizenship, people ask will the whisteblower be 'drafted into army'?

Edward Snowden asks to return to US; Trump to 'take a look' at pardoning