He said he communicated mainly in English with his client but that Snowden also speaks Russian, albeit “not perfectly.”Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Snowden citizenship in September, in a decree that covered 72 foreigners.He explained his decision to seek dual citizenship on Twitter in 2020 as being necessary to prevent being separated from his son.https://t.co/24NUK21TAo pic.twitter.com/qLfp47uzZ4Snowden’s revelations, published first in The Washington Post and the Guardian newspaper in 2013, caused international shock waves and were among the most consequential intelligence breaches in U.S. history.His lawyer, Kucherena, said when Snowden was granted citizenship that he would not be subject to the partial military mobilization that Putin had decreed days before, since only men with previous military experience were being called up.Russia’s Gamble: The Post examined the road to war in Ukraine, and Western efforts to unite to thwart the Kremlin’s plans, through extensive interviews with more than three dozen senior U.S., Ukrainian, European and NATO officials."