Russian diplomats today denounced a British court decision to overturn a second-degree refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, whom Washington wants to try for a massive leak.
“This shameful decision in a political case against a journalist and a public figure once again reveals the vision of the cannibalistic world of the Anglo-Saxon duo,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote in her Telegram account.
“The West dignifiedly celebrated International Human Rights Day (December 10) and the end of the Democracy Summit,” she said, referring to the virtual summit hosted by US President Joe Biden and completed today.
Moscow regularly defends Julian Assange, whom it presents as a champion of press freedom.
The United States has accused him of publishing more than 700,000 classified documents on US military and diplomatic activities since 2010, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2016, at a critical juncture in the US presidential campaign, Wikileaks also leaked thousands of emails that had been intercepted by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s team, which contributed to her defeat by Donald Trump.
The incident fueled suspicions of a synergy between Moscow and Assange, who also worked regularly with the Kremlin-owned RT television channel.
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