Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden said Monday he had applied for Russian citizenship but would keep his US nationality.
The former American intelligence contractor, who revealed in 2013 that the US government was spying on US citizens and across the world, has been living in exile in Russia since then.
He tweeted: “After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our son.”
“In this era of pandemics and closed borders, we’re applying for dual US-Russian citizenship,” the 37-year-old added.
Snowden’s tweet comes weeks after he was granted permanent residency in the country, and just days after his partner Lindsay Mills announced she was pregnant.
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