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“Snowden Is Not A Traitor”, Says Putin

Vladimir Putin, the Russian President has disclosed to Oliver Stone that he believes that Edward Snowden, the former United States (US) National Security Agency contractor is not a traitor, but was wrong to leak US classified information.

American film director, Oliver Stone had interviewed Putin as part of his upcoming four-part documentary series and the Russian leader aired his views about intelligence gathering. He said the National Security Agency had overstepped its boundaries with its cyber security measures.

He acknowledged Snowden’s wrongdoing in leaking the secrets but declared that he did not betray his country’s interest or transfer such information to any other country that would harm

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