[loginalready]

It's not Russia that doesn't let him leave the airport, it's the US by revoking his passport in a clear violation of human rights.

No country on the planet can just let him pass the border without violating it's own laws. This is exactly why revoking his passport is such a disgusting move that violates all common decency.

If there was ever one specific moment in history in which the US changed from a flawed democracy to a totalitarian state, it's the moment they took Snowden's passport.

[famo]

Snowden doesn't need a passport to leave Russia or enter Venezuela if he claims refugee status and requests asylum. The 1951 Refugee Convention allows a person seeking refuge to travel without a passport due to the possibility that the asylum seeker could be persecuted if identified by a document they're carrying. E.g. If your name is John Smith and your country is killing everyone named John Smith, you may not want to carry your passport with you.

[llamataboot]

But why not violate its own laws? Countries make and break their own laws all the time? Cops drive through red lights by flicking on their lights for a minute, surely a country can wave him onto a plane without checking his papers.

[DanBlake]

Surely these countries have the power to grant him a passport for their country if they chose to do so.

[perlpimp]

What if US presidents passport is revoked? Will he be able to enter any country? Do they go through passport control.

I think there is a double standart. Now the president looks like perverted nasty bully - throwing a tantrum because he and his friends were found out.