Europe 1 with AFP 6:27 p.m., September 26, 2022

By decree, President Vladimir Putin granted whistleblower Edward Snowden Russian citizenship on Monday.

He has been a refugee in Russia since 2013 after leaving the United States where he is wanted for having transmitted compromising documents to the press.

President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to whistleblower and former employee of the American NSA Edward Snowden, a refugee in Russia since 2013 after leaving the United States, according to a decree published on Monday.

Edward Snowden's name appears alongside dozens of others in this decree published on the Russian government's website.

Edward Snowden is wanted by the United States for having transmitted to the press tens of thousands of documents proving the extent of the electronic surveillance exercised by Washington.

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