Hopefully, the "major Russian website" company asked USIS (www.usis.com) to do a thorough background check on Snowden. They have done admirably in the past.
This is interesting, I have worked at 5 location spanning two continents and 4 countries. Biannual migration of 5000 miles is in my job requirement. But all the locations are within the same time zone. One irritant is been that my connecting airports are in 3 different time zones.
Lower odds has not stopped people from buying the lottery, and so let them at least make up stories of the apocalypse. Human nature is such that they have more fun hoping for the worst.
Google's strategy involves domination first, monetizing next. What better way to dominate, than giving away something almost for free. Nothing new, but works well.
So it is the already existing profit makers, who are trying to kill a new model of upcoming profit makers... and of course in a democracy there is the possibility of get it done by lobbying.
Of course in the womb. Let us stop the pseudoscience shenanigans with classical music, Mozart, etc. and type away on a keyboard while it rests atop the bulging belly.