Putin captured him to use as a pawn against the US
This text implies that Snowden was actively captured. Of course he’s not there because he choose to, or so I believe. But the fact is that he got stranded there, his own country put him in that situation.
I’m sure it has been explained to him that it would be dangerous for him to leave Russia’s “protection”
And this is actually true. If Snowden lands on any country that extradites to the USA, there’s where he would be in a heartbeat, to rot forever in some jail, forgotten.
You worded your post like this:
This text implies that Snowden was actively captured. Of course he’s not there because he choose to, or so I believe. But the fact is that he got stranded there, his own country put him in that situation.
And this is actually true. If Snowden lands on any country that extradites to the USA, there’s where he would be in a heartbeat, to rot forever in some jail, forgotten.