Snowden going to Russia after his leak was all part of the plan.
1) leak NSA secrets (May 2013)
2) NSA = bad in public eyes
3) NSA partially blinded due to exposure (Clowns knew the NSA was not fully corrupted and they needed them hobbled)
4) Snowden goes to Russia - he's allowed to leave HK by the international bad actors
5) First negative optics between NSA and Russia - lays ground work for the WWIII
6) Snowden spends his time building the 'Russian Interference' activity (maybe even RED OCTOBER)
7) Trump in mix and look to be winning - Snowden active player in whole dossier/Russian collusion narrative and activity.
In summary, he went to Russia to discredit the NSA and to lay the foundation for WWIII, but when plans changed he led on the whole dossier/russian collusion activity.