Thursday, October 31, 2013

NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Lands A Web-Tech Job In Russia


Ex-NSA Contractor Snowden Finds Computer Job In Russia -- RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, October 31 (RIA Novosti) – Fugitive former US security contractor Edward Snowden has found a website maintenance job in Russia, his lawyer said Thursday.

Snowden, who was granted temporary asylum in Russia this summer, will start work November 1 in maintaining one of Russia’s largest websites, Anatoly Kucherena said.

Kucherena refused to reveal the name of Snowden’s new workplace “for security reasons.”

Snowden, a former employee of the US National Security Agency, fled the United States for Hong Kong and then Moscow after leaking details of several top-secret government surveillance programs to the media.

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More News On NSA Leaker Edward Snowden Landing A Web-Tech Job In Russia

Snowden to work for major Russian website - lawyer -- RT
Snowden Hired by a Major Russian Website -- Moscow Times
Snowden studying language, going to work in Russian team – Kucherena -- Voice of America
Snowden’s Lawyer Says He Has a New Job in Russia -- New York Times
Ex-NSA man Edward Snowden gets web job in Russia -- BBC
Snowden lands job with major Russian website -- USA Today
Snowden gets website job in Russia, lawyer says -- CNN
NSA leaker Edward Snowden lands Web job in Russia -- Washington Times
Report: Edward Snowden lands a tech support job in Russia -- Christian Science Monitor
NSA leaker Edward Snowden gets tech support job for large Moscow website and starts tomorrow -- Daily Mail
Russian Lawyer Says Snowden to Start Website Job -- Voice of America
Edward Snowden Has a New Job at Mystery Russian Web Site: Let’s Guess Which One -- Vanity Fair

My Comment: I have been told by my friends in Russia it is the social networking site VKontakte.ru, Russia’s equivalent of Facebook.

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