Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted former NSA contractor Edward Snowden Russian citizenship, according to an official decree published on the Russian government portal Monday.Snowden is accused of espionage and theft of government property in the US for leaking troves of information on American intelligence and mass surveillance programs to the media.The 39-year-old has been living in exile in Moscow after initially travelling to Hong Kong following his 2013 public disclosure of the classified information. He is facing up to 30 years in prison in the US.
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