Russian officials have continued to criticize the arrest of WikiLeaks co-founder and activist Julian Assange, who was detained in London on Thursday.
Assange took up residence in the Ecuadorian embassy in 2012 to escape extradition to Sweden, where he had been accused of sexual harassment and rape. Though prosecutors dropped this investigation, Assange still faced British charges of failing to appear in front of a court when ordered to. Under Assange’s leadership, WikiLeaks disseminated a huge trove of classified material related to the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as hundreds of thousands of State Department cables. Included were documents and videos which appeared to show trigger-happy U.S. conduct, including airstrikes on journalists and civilians.
Zakharova is the latest Russia official to comment on Assange’s detention. Also on Thursday, the Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow hopes “of course, that all his rights will be respected.”
Why is Russia so much involved in the American politics?
Perhaps Russia doesn’t like to see their assets run into trouble?
Lol putin established it
Hello pot, meet kettle.
If it was what Russia is accusing us of doing, wouldn’t that actually mirror what Russia practices
Russia just kills journalists they don't like instead...
Your throwing Snowdenballs
As opposed to the revenge of the Kremlin political establishment with extrajudicial assassination on foreign soil regardless of local collateral damage.
Ahem, the man was smearing his feces all over the embassy wall. It was an Ecuadorian Embassy. Julian Assange did this to himself
I know, that’s your guy. Sorry, not sorry.
Trump and Moscow - perfect together.
Oh well!!!
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