With WikiLeaks’ help, Snowden lands in Moscow, headed on to “democratic nation”
Found on Ars Technica on Sunday, 23 June 2013
On Sunday, the former NSA contractor left Hong Kong on a commercial flight, landed in Moscow, and was reportedly picked up by Venezuelan diplomats in the Russian capital.
Ricardo Patino, the foreign minister of Ecuador, wrote on Twitter: "The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. Snowden."
Russia’s Interfax news agency reports that Snowden is spending the night in Moscow before heading for Havana, Cuba. He will then continue on to Caracas, Venezuela. WikiLeaks issued a statement saying that it was helping move Snowden around the globe.
China, Russia, Cuba, Venezuela and Ecuador are helping Snowden who made public how the US and UK trampled the rights of their citizens. How bizarre.