He is just an idiot who left home to find more rights and freedom in Russia. 
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It doesn't make sense to me and hes all over Twitter like nothing happened. Its all fishy to me but im a nobody from ghetto
He is not in Russia by choice. If you read his book Permanent Record he details how he ended up there, and it was not choice, rather by accident.
Hero? No. He saw something that was illegal and immoral. His conscience and integrity demanded that he expose it to those it affects. It was something I'm appreciative of.
As for being in Russia... That wasn't where he was actually trying to go. That was on the way but the US flagged his passport. He eventually requested asylum. An individual embarrassed the most powerful empire in human history. If he would've stayed, he would've been disappeared.
Just my 2sats 🤷🏾♂️⚡
Ok, I'm correcting what I said: he's just an idiot who left his country to demand more freedom in Russia. He did it as a sacrifice to show us things we already knew. He was very lucky to be given the opportunity to enjoy freedoms and rights in Russia because if he had fled to Ecuador, he would have been extradited.