He fled to Russia and just got granted citizenship, if I’m not mistaken. He did this to avoid extradition (one country surrendering an individual to another country for crimes) and prosecution in the US where he is still a wanted man for crimes related to his whistleblowing. He’s still a wanted fugitive in the US, so that should be a good example of how much has “changed.”
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Reply to eli5 What came of Edward Snowden leaking all of that classified intel? by tpb772000
He fled to Russia and just got granted citizenship, if I’m not mistaken. He did this to avoid extradition (one country surrendering an individual to another country for crimes) and prosecution in the US where he is still a wanted man for crimes related to his whistleblowing. He’s still a wanted fugitive in the US, so that should be a good example of how much has “changed.”