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Putin grants Edward Snowden Russian citizenship

On 26 September 2022 Vladimir Putin signed a decree making Edward Snowden, then 39, a Russian citizen. The former intelligence contractor, whose leaked files were reported by the Guardian, had lived in Russia since 2013, when the United States revoked his passport while he was passing through Moscow.

Edward Snowden (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 26 September 2022 Vladimir Putin signed a decree making Edward Snowden, then 39, a Russian citizen. The former intelligence contractor, whose leaked files were reported by the Guardian, had lived in Russia since 2013, when the United States revoked his passport while he was passing through Moscow.

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  • Edward Snowden

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    Putin grants Edward Snowden Russian citizenship. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.theguardian.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: snowden+citizenship+putin · verified
  2. 2.bbc.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: snowden+citizenship+putin · verified
  3. 3.interfax.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, keywords: snowden+citizenship+putin · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Putin grants Edward Snowden Russian citizenship. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/putin-grants-snowden-russian-citizenship-2022-09-26

https://factrail.ai/facts/putin-grants-snowden-russian-citizenship-2022-09-26

Accessed 15 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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