Former NSA contractor-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden has bagged another award earlier this week on Monday: a private literary prize from the Zinovyev Institute, a private foundation for the study of creative writings of Russian writer and philosopher Alexander Zinovyev.
Snowden was not in attendance to receive the award given his need to keep a low profile since his asylum in Russia in August last year though he has been appearing actively at various events globally via live broadcast.
Snowden, a 2014 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, also received the Right Livelihood Award 2014 in late September.