As a cynical joke of the time had it, “A Jewish wife is not luxury, it’s a means of transportation.” Marriage to a “real foreigner” was also an option, but such arrangements were relatively few—appropriate foreigners were scarce, and those willing to serve as “means of transportation” were even harder to find. Still, it’s no surprise that the idea of marriage as a way out of the Snowden impasse would occur to somebody in Russia. Today, a fake Snowden Twitter account that has operated since mid-June posted a “response” to Chapman’s offer: “I would have married Chapman regardless of the rest. Goddamn, just look at her.” The real Snowden may soon discover that accepting Chapman’s generous proposal is his only chance to break from the Sheremetyevo limbo.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/07/snowden-twitter-marriage-proposal-latest-twists.html