Snowden Gets Job Offer From Russian Nationalist Party
Russia's LDPR party has invited U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden to host a television program on intelligence gathering, the TASS news agency reported Wednesday.
"We sent an invitation to Snowden, and we hope that his experience and knowledge will help our viewers learn all the ins and outs of intelligence gathering and cooperation between our intelligence agencies," Andrei Svintsov, a member of the party, was cited as saying.
The program will run on the nationalist party's television channel, LDPR-TV, which was launched on Jan. 1. The channel is broadcast on cable and satellite networks, and its programs can also be viewed on the station's official website.
Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who exposed details of U.S. government mass surveillance programs early last year, has received temporary asylum and a three-year residency permit in Russia.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/snowden-gets-job-offer-from-russian-nationalist-party/509510.html
And who are the far-right LDPR, you may ask?
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia aims for "a revival of Russia as a great power." It has opposed both communism and the "wild" capitalism that resulted from Russia's reforms. It favours a mixed economy with private ownership but with a strong management role reserved for the state. In foreign policy, the party places a strong emphasis on "civilizations." It has supported the restoration of Russia with its "natural borders" (which the party believes include Belarus, Ukraine and other former Soviet republics). It sees the unification of Russia and Belarus as a first step in the restoration. The LDPR regards the United States and the Western civilization as the main external threat to Russia. The party has harshly criticised the discrimination against ethnic Russians in the Baltic states and demanded that they should be given Russian citizenship and protected against discriminatory legislation.[1]
Professor Henry E. Hale lists the party's main policy stands as nationalism and a focus in law and order. Although it often uses radical opposition rhetoric, the LDPR frequently votes for government proposals. This has led to speculation that the party receives funding from the Kremlin.[15]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDPR_(political_party)