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The Russian authorities extended the exposure of the American special services to Edward Snowden for another two years. This was announced by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

“As the media reports, the former deputy head of the CIA Michael Morell said that the President of Russia has an“ excellent opportunity ”to give a gift to the elected president Donald Trump for the inauguration, giving the United States former employee of the American intelligence services of Edward Snowden,” Zakharova wrote. The funniest is that the former deputy head of the CIA (!!!) does not know that Snowden had just been extended a residence permit in Russia for a couple of years. "

Meanwhile, the outgoing US President Barack Obama has significantly reduced the imprisonment for Chelsea Manning, a former US Army analyst, reports The New York Times. In 2010, the PA was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the transfer of secret documents to Wikileaks. Manning will be released five months later, on May 17 this year, and not in 2045.

Previously known as Private Bradley Manning, she expressed a desire to change the floor, but she remained in a male military prison in Fort Lievenworth, Kansas. Last year, Manning twice tried to commit suicide.

Snowden and founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange welcomed Obama’s decision, and thanked those who fought for the softening of manning punishment.

"Assange: Thank you who fought for mitigating the punishment of Chelsea Menning. Your courage and determination made the impossible possible," the WikiLeaks Twitter said in a message.

Snowden also expressed gratitude to those, conducted a campaign in support of the mitigation of punishment to the former WikiLeaks informant "in these difficult years", noting that it was they "made this reality."

In the USA, Snowden is wanted. For the publication of secret information, he faces a imprisonment for at least 30 years. In September, Snowden asked Obama to have mercy on him . “Yes, the laws recorded in books say one thing, but probably pardon was invented for this. For exceptional cases. For situations that may seem to be a violation of the law on paper, but which are necessary if you look at them from an ethical and moral point of view,” Snowden said.

Snowden emphasized that he was still convinced that it was not for nothing that in 2013 he revealed information about the scale of the surveillance, which is conducted by the American and British intelligence services. According to him, the publication of secret documents benefited to US citizens, and was also correct from the point of view of morality. In addition, she led to positive changes in American society.

"The US Congress and the president changed the policy as a result of these revelations. At the same time, there was no evidence that this information caused harm to someone," Snowden believes.