Lindsay Mills

Lindsay Mills is an American acrobat living in Russia. She came to international attention as the girlfriend of Edward Snowden at the time of the Global surveillance disclosures. Mills and Snowden share a home in Moscow.
Before the global surveillance disclosures
Mills studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
After the global surveillance disclosures
Mills became the focus of a media sensation after the global surveillance disclosures her identification as Snowden's girlfriend. One media outlet called Mills, "the girlfriend Edward Snowden left behind". In 2013 Buzzfeed reviewed Mills' personal blog. Newsworthy comments reported from that interview included, "I never got to know her", "I wasn't even aware she was in a relationship", and "I have no idea how much pole and other stuff she'd done". Later, the Citizenfour documentary included a scene which showed Snowden and Mills reunited in Moscow. In September 2016 one reporter described the Oscar showing as "Mills' most notable public appearance". In Citizenfour, Mills appears for a few seconds washing dishes in the Moscow apartment which she and Snowden share.
In February 2015, Anatoly Kucherena stated, "Edward Snowden is happy that his girlfriend Lindsay Mills came to Russia and that she is supporting him". Both popular fictional characters are known for hiding.<ref name="ABC Halloween 2015"/><ref name="Nguyen November 2015"/> In the photo Mills and Snowden are posing in front of the J. Edgar Hoover Building but presumably this is photo manipulation because they are supposed to stay in Russia.<ref name="ABC Halloween 2015"/><ref name="Nguyen November 2015"/>

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