Snowden's Latest Appearance In Russia Media Shows Him Petting A Dog

"Russian TV shows new photo of Edward Snowden playing with his dog Rick (?) somewhere in Russia," BBC News Moscow Correspondent Steve Rosenberg tweeted on Sunday. "Host says: 'Both of them look at ease.'"

Edward Snowden's latest appearance in Russian media shows the 31-year-old American with a dog named "Rick."

Snowden has been in Russia since June 23, 2013. Here's how he got there:

After arriving in Hong Kong on May 20, 2012, Snowden spent 11 days off the grid before checking into the Mira Hotel under his own name.

He reportedly met with American journalists Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald on June 3 and began publishing stories revealing NSA domestic spying.

On June 9, Snowden revealed himself to the world before reaching out to WikiLeaks for help finding asylum. A few days later, he provided documents revealing "operational details of specific attacks on computers, including internet protocol (IP) addresses, dates of attacks and whether a computer was still being monitored remotely" to Lana Lam of the South China Morning Post.

On June 15, the US asked Hong Kong to provisionally arrest Snowden for the purposes of extradition and subsequently revoked his passport on June 22. WikiLeaks advisor Sarah Harrison flew to Moscow on June 23.

Very little is known about Snowden's discussions with Russian officials in Hong Kong or his living arrangements in Russia. Anatoly Kucherena, who sits on the public-relations body for the FSB, serves as Snowden's lawyer in Russia.

Ex-KGB Major Boris Karpichkov believes that Russian spies tricked Snowden into going to Moscow. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said that he advised Snowden to go to Russia and stay there because he wouldn't be safe elsewhere.

Here's a look at Snowden's photo opportunities in Russian media since he arrived in Moscow.

July 12, 2013: Snowden announces his plea for Russian asylum at a press conference in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport.

"Yet even in the face of this historically disproportionate aggression, countries around the world have offered support and asylum," Snowden said in a statement. "These nations, including Russia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Ecuador have my gratitude and respect for being the first to stand against human rights violations carried out by the powerful rather than the powerless."

August 1: Snowden leaves the Sheremetyevo Airport and heads to an undisclosed location after being granted asylum and a Russian visa.

October 7: A man who at least resembles Snowden is shown grocery shopping.

October 9: Snowden receives an award in Moscow. He is joined by Harrison (2nd R) as well as US whistleblowers (L-R) Coleen Rowley (FBI), Thomas Drake (NSA), Jesselyn Raddack (DoJ) and Ray McGovern (CIA).

October 31, 2013: Snowden is shown on a boat in Moscow with the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in the background.

April 17, 2014: Snowden appears on a nationally-televised interview with Putin ask the Russian President if he spies on Russian citizens. Putin denies doing so.

David Herszenhorn, a Moscow-based reporter for The New York Times, called it a "stunning in-your-face move" by the Kremlin.

August 2014: Snowden is shown visiting Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre.

After the release of the documentary "Citizenfour" by Laura Poitras in October - the movie revealed that girlfriend Lindsay Mills has visited Snowden - Russian media released a photo of the two of them at the Bolshoi.

The US Intelligence Community has put together a comprehensive list of Snowden's interviews, statements, and appearances outside of Russian media.

Andrei Soldatov, an investigative journalist who co-authored a history of the Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), told The New York Times last November 2013 that when the FSB "actually got him, they started to handle it their own way. This is the way the security services operate all the time."

American experts point out that the classified intel in Snowden's brain makes him very appealing to a US adversary like Russia.

"He does not have the training to deal with this kind of situation," Soldatov told Business Insider in January. "Every time, he found himself in some new difficult circumstances and he was forced to make some decision. And long term, it's a very successful thing [for Russia]."