John Robles

John Anthony Robles II (born 10 April 1966) is a journalist and presenter on the Voice of Russia the Russian governments international radio broadcasting service. He is the presenter of the English Language program Moscow Mailbag which answers questions from listeners all over the world on all aspects of the USSR and Russia.He was born a US Citizen in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico being a US territory and is of Taino Indian extraction.John and his two American born children were granted full political asylum in the Russian Federation in 2007 after the US Embassy in Moscow revoked his US passport.John was the first US citizen to receive asylum in the Russian Federation. Although there are reports which state that both he and Edward Snowden have been granted political asylum in Russia, Edward Snowden was in fact only granted temporary asylum and then residency and does not have political asylum in the Russian Federation. John has since renounced his US citizenship and applied for Russian citizenship in 2010 along with his son John Anthony Robles III and daughter Kayla Marie Robles.

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