Report: Russia considering extraditing Snowden as 'gift' to Trump

A top US official stated that Russia is contemplating the possibility of turning whistleblower Edward Snowden over to the US, as a sort of "gift" or gesture toward the recently elected President Donald Trump.

Following Snowden's revealing the covert goings on of the US National Security Agency—which included, among other dealings, spying on US citizens—Trump has called him a "traitor" and stated that he should be executed.

Snowden, for his part, has insisted that he had brought the information to the knowledge of the American public so that they could decide on the legitimacy of their government's actions. Responding to rumors of his possible extradition, Snowden tweeted, "Finally: irrefutable evidence that I never cooperated with Russian intel. No country trades away spies, as the rest would fear they're next."