This is a copy of a temporary document that allows Edward Snowden to cross the border into Russia.
Russia’s biggest social network Vkontakte has offered a job to US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden after Moscow granted temporary asylum to him.
Å“We invite Edward to St. Petersburg, and we will be happy if he decides to join Vkontakteâ„¢s star-studded programming team,” Pavel Durov, the chief executive of Vkontakte, wrote in a post on his Vkontakte page.
Å“I think Edward might be interested in working on protecting the personal data of millions of our users,” he added.
The American whistleblower was allowed to leave Moscowâ„¢s Sheremetyevo Airport on Thursday after he received a document by the Russian government.
Snowden, who had been holed up for over a month in the airport, released a statement on Thursday.
Å“Over the past eight weeks we have seen the Obama administration show no respect for international or domestic law, but in the end the law is winning,” Snowden said in the statement.
The United States expressed anger over Moscowâ„¢s decision.
“We are extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take this step,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said. “We are reevaluating the utility of a summit in light of this and other issues.”
American officials also denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin for granting asylum to Snowden.
Å“Russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that Mr. Snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife,” Sen. Charles E. Schumer said.
“Others who have practiced civil disobedience in the past have stood up and faced the charges because they strongly believed in what they were doing. Mr. Snowden is a coward who has chosen to run,” he added.
Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham said in a statement that it is “time to fundamentally rethink our relationship with Putin’s Russia.”
“Russia’s action today is a disgrace and a deliberate effort to embarrass the United States,” they said. “It is a slap in the face of all Americans… We need to deal with the Russia that is, not the Russia we might wish for. We cannot allow today’s action by Putin to stand without serious repercussions.”
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Republished from: Press TV