٠٠:٠٢:١٤Russia’s Federation Council Deputy Chair Konstantin Kosachev described the situation surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as 'a shameful stain on the history of the collective West' while speaking on the sidelines of the Primakov Readings international forum in Moscow on Tuesday.
"There is no doubt that he has done a great thing for the whole of humanity. He has, perhaps for the first time on such a scale and scope, opened [the world's] eyes to the methods, practices, and mores that reign in the West, that it [the West] shamelessly uses to build its hegemony over the world," Kosachev said.
"What has been done to Assange by those who persecuted him has already happened and cannot be corrected in any way. It can only be compensated in some way. The verdict is in and it will always remain a shameful stain on the history of the collective West in the modern world," he continued.
According to Kosachev, the treatment of Assange amounted to 'a supreme injustice from a human, political and legal point of view'.
Julian Assange left Belmarsh prison on Monday evening London time after reaching a plea deal with the US, boarding a plane at Stansted Airport.
The location of the hearing at a US district courthouse in Saipan - the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth - was chosen reportedly due to its proximity to Australia and Assange's own opposition to travelling to continental United States.
Assange is expected to plead guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain and disclose US national defence documents, with the sentence to reflect time served in Belmarsh - and return to home to Australia.
The WikiLeaks founder has been detained in London since 2019, and fought a long-running extradition battle with the US over 18 charges related to the release of classified documents.
He was initially granted political asylum by Ecuador in London in 2012 but was dragged from the embassy by UK police seven years later.
'Shameful stain on the history of the collective West' - Russia’s senator Kosachev on Assange
Russia’s Federation Council Deputy Chair Konstantin Kosachev described the situation surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as 'a shameful stain on the history of the collective West' while speaking on the sidelines of the Primakov Readings international forum in Moscow on Tuesday.
"There is no doubt that he has done a great thing for the whole of humanity. He has, perhaps for the first time on such a scale and scope, opened [the world's] eyes to the methods, practices, and mores that reign in the West, that it [the West] shamelessly uses to build its hegemony over the world," Kosachev said.
"What has been done to Assange by those who persecuted him has already happened and cannot be corrected in any way. It can only be compensated in some way. The verdict is in and it will always remain a shameful stain on the history of the collective West in the modern world," he continued.
According to Kosachev, the treatment of Assange amounted to 'a supreme injustice from a human, political and legal point of view'.
Julian Assange left Belmarsh prison on Monday evening London time after reaching a plea deal with the US, boarding a plane at Stansted Airport.
The location of the hearing at a US district courthouse in Saipan - the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth - was chosen reportedly due to its proximity to Australia and Assange's own opposition to travelling to continental United States.
Assange is expected to plead guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain and disclose US national defence documents, with the sentence to reflect time served in Belmarsh - and return to home to Australia.
The WikiLeaks founder has been detained in London since 2019, and fought a long-running extradition battle with the US over 18 charges related to the release of classified documents.
He was initially granted political asylum by Ecuador in London in 2012 but was dragged from the embassy by UK police seven years later.
Russia’s Federation Council Deputy Chair Konstantin Kosachev described the situation surrounding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as 'a shameful stain on the history of the collective West' while speaking on the sidelines of the Primakov Readings international forum in Moscow on Tuesday.
"There is no doubt that he has done a great thing for the whole of humanity. He has, perhaps for the first time on such a scale and scope, opened [the world's] eyes to the methods, practices, and mores that reign in the West, that it [the West] shamelessly uses to build its hegemony over the world," Kosachev said.
"What has been done to Assange by those who persecuted him has already happened and cannot be corrected in any way. It can only be compensated in some way. The verdict is in and it will always remain a shameful stain on the history of the collective West in the modern world," he continued.
According to Kosachev, the treatment of Assange amounted to 'a supreme injustice from a human, political and legal point of view'.
Julian Assange left Belmarsh prison on Monday evening London time after reaching a plea deal with the US, boarding a plane at Stansted Airport.
The location of the hearing at a US district courthouse in Saipan - the largest of the Northern Mariana Islands, a US commonwealth - was chosen reportedly due to its proximity to Australia and Assange's own opposition to travelling to continental United States.
Assange is expected to plead guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain and disclose US national defence documents, with the sentence to reflect time served in Belmarsh - and return to home to Australia.
The WikiLeaks founder has been detained in London since 2019, and fought a long-running extradition battle with the US over 18 charges related to the release of classified documents.
He was initially granted political asylum by Ecuador in London in 2012 but was dragged from the embassy by UK police seven years later.