Refuge in villains

Former US National Security Agency Edward Snowden, who received a refuge in Russia, called Moscow the offensive to the freedom of the Internet, as well as to LGBT rights, politics "in the root of the wrong." It is reported by The Guardian.

Snowden made his statement, speaking from Russia from Russia at the awarding ceremony by his Bjurnson Prize, which was awarded to him by the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Statement.

“This is unfair in Russia, and it will be unfair in any other place,” Snowden said. “I criticized it in the past enough, and I will continue to criticize this in the future, since the tendency that the Russian authorities demonstrate is more and more control, more and more control that people look even into their personal lives, deciding what ways to express love are suitable, and what are the wrong ones - this one. The trend is fundamentally wrong. "

At the same time, Snowden added, he himself freely expresses his opinions on the Internet.

A fugitive American also condemned more and more tough restrictive measures taken by the special services of democratic countries. The security forces refer to citizens' security considerations, Snowden noted, however, for example, they could not prevent the January attack on the Charlie Hebdo editorial office.

The Snowden programmer in the summer of 2013 fled from the United States and handed over a number of secret documents on the activities of the CIA and the NSA. These documents contained, in particular, information on listening to telephone conversations and perelustment of electronic correspondence of both US citizens and residents of other countries, including top -level politicians. In his homeland, the fugitive faces up to 30 years in prison for the disclosure of state secrets.

In June 2013, Snowden arrived in Russia and a month and a half later received a temporary shelter here. A year later, in August 2014, Russia issued a three -year residence permit to the defector .

Meanwhile, in March 2015, Snowden asked for asylum to the Switzerland authorities .