Russian President Putin issued Russian citizens to Edward Snowden, who leaked many confidential documents on the US government spy program.

The decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin was published on today's Government website showed that Edward Joseph Snowden was born on June 21, 1983 in the list of new Russian citizenship.

Edward Snowden on the screen in a video interview at an online forum on education in Moscow, Russia in September 2021.

Snowden, former contractor of the US National Security Agency (NSA), in 2013, shocked the world public opinion when revealing a series of information about the secret NSA reconnaissance, eavesdropping, watching email, activity

The US government accused Snowden with acts of threatening national security.

Snowden lived in Russia and was granted asylum from August 2013 to avoid being prosecuted.

A few years ago, Russia loosened the lawful naturalization law to grant citizenship for individuals with Russian passports without asking them to give up their nationality.

Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, told Russian news agency Ria Novosti that the client's wife Lindsay Mills, an American citizen who lives with Snowden in Russia, will also apply for naturalization.

Power spokesman Kremlin Dmitry Peskov told the media that Snowden was granted Russian nationality at his own request.

The US government and Snowden have not yet commented that he was granted Russian nationality.

Putin last week issued a command to encourage partially, but lawyer Kucherena said Snowden would not be called enlistment because there was no experience in the Russian army.

President Trump said he would consider the pardon of Edward Snowden, who leaked many confidential documents about the government's spy program.

The former contractor of the US National Security Agency posted a message criticizing the decision to dismiss Trump's FBI director on social networks.