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Vladimir Putin offers fired FBI director James Comey asylum in Russia

Vladimir Putin has joked that the fired FBI director James Comey is welcome to seek asylum in Russia. Speaking in his annual question and answer session in Moscow, the Russian President said it was "very strange" that the FBI official had leaked details of conversations with Donald Trump, and likened his actions to those of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. "If there is some kind of persecution, we would be ready to offer political asylum to Mr Comey if he is persecuted in the US", Mr Putin told a live audience.

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  • archmagician
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    Putin must be enjoying the debacle in the US giving him the opportunity to troll them in such a way.

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    • kxh
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      It's a perfect troll really. A win-win situation for him.

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