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06-03-2017, 01:45 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he believes former US National Security Agency contractor Edward S**wden was wrong to leak US spy secrets, but is ** traitor.
S**wden, 33, was given asylum in Russia in 2013 after leaking classified information about US spy operations.
His lawyer said in January S**wden had the right to remain in Russia until 2020 and to apply for Russian citizenship next year.
Putin, a former KGB ******r and ex-head of Russia’s FSB security service, made his comments about S**wden in an interview with US film director Oliver Stone, excerpts of which were released ahead of its broadcast by US TV network Showtime from June 12."S**wden is **t a traitor," said Putin.
"He did **t betray the interests of his country, **r did he transfer any information to any other country that would damage his own people," said Putin.
However, the Russian leader said S**wden should have resigned from his job in the same way he once resigned from the KGB rather than leak secrets if he didn’t like what he was doing.
"He shouldn’t have done it (leaked secrets). My view is that what he did was wrong," Putin told Stone.
S**wden had the right to act in the way he did however, said Putin, who said he agreed that US surveillance had become too intrusive, while praising his own country’s intelligence services for operating within the law.
Putin also criticised US eavesdropping on its own allies like Germany, saying such activity inevitably backfired.
"Trying to spy on your allies, if you really consider them allies and **t vassals, is just indecent," said Putin.
"It undermines trust, and in the end damages your own national security." S**wden has used social media to criticise the Russian authorities over a law obliging communications companies to store phone calls and Internet activity for six months. The Russian authorities have **t commented on those remarks.
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S**wden, 33, was given asylum in Russia in 2013 after leaking classified information about US spy operations.
His lawyer said in January S**wden had the right to remain in Russia until 2020 and to apply for Russian citizenship next year.
Putin, a former KGB ******r and ex-head of Russia’s FSB security service, made his comments about S**wden in an interview with US film director Oliver Stone, excerpts of which were released ahead of its broadcast by US TV network Showtime from June 12."S**wden is **t a traitor," said Putin.
"He did **t betray the interests of his country, **r did he transfer any information to any other country that would damage his own people," said Putin.
However, the Russian leader said S**wden should have resigned from his job in the same way he once resigned from the KGB rather than leak secrets if he didn’t like what he was doing.
"He shouldn’t have done it (leaked secrets). My view is that what he did was wrong," Putin told Stone.
S**wden had the right to act in the way he did however, said Putin, who said he agreed that US surveillance had become too intrusive, while praising his own country’s intelligence services for operating within the law.
Putin also criticised US eavesdropping on its own allies like Germany, saying such activity inevitably backfired.
"Trying to spy on your allies, if you really consider them allies and **t vassals, is just indecent," said Putin.
"It undermines trust, and in the end damages your own national security." S**wden has used social media to criticise the Russian authorities over a law obliging communications companies to store phone calls and Internet activity for six months. The Russian authorities have **t commented on those remarks.
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