Russia urges: Nominate Assange for Nobel

Reports say that Moscow is urging NGOs and public organizations to "seriously consider" nominating WikiLeaks editor-in-chief for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Izvor: Guardian.co.uk

Thursday, 09.12.2010.

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Reports say that Moscow is urging NGOs and public organizations to "seriously consider" nominating WikiLeaks editor-in-chief for the Nobel Peace Prize. London's Guardian reports that the jailed founder of the whistleblowing website has received "an unexpected show of support". Russia urges: Nominate Assange for Nobel "Public and non-governmental organizations should think of how to help him. Maybe, nominate him as a Nobel Prize laureate," the paper quoted a Russian official as saying, adding that the statement "appears to be a calculated dig at the U.S." According to the Guardian, Russia "appears to have come round to WikiLeaks, having decided that the ongoing torrent of disclosures are ultimately far more damaging and disastrous to America's long-term geo-political interests than they are to Russia's". Moscow has also reacted to one of the confidential U.S. diplomatic cables, about NATO's plans to "defend Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia against Russia". "With one hand, NATO seeks agreement with us on joint partnership, and with the other, it makes a decision that it needs to defend. So when is NATO more sincere. We have asked these questions and are expecting answers to them. We think we are entitled to that," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying. Russia'a ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, described as "Russia's hardline ultra-nationalist", said on his Twitter page that Assange's arrest and incarceration "demonstrated that there was no media freedom in the west and that his fate amounted to political persecution and a lack of human rights". Assange's supporters can also be found in London (Beta/AP)

Russia urges: Nominate Assange for Nobel

"Public and non-governmental organizations should think of how to help him. Maybe, nominate him as a Nobel Prize laureate," the paper quoted a Russian official as saying, adding that the statement "appears to be a calculated dig at the U.S."

According to the Guardian, Russia "appears to have come round to WikiLeaks, having decided that the ongoing torrent of disclosures are ultimately far more damaging and disastrous to America's long-term geo-political interests than they are to Russia's".

Moscow has also reacted to one of the confidential U.S. diplomatic cables, about NATO's plans to "defend Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia against Russia".

"With one hand, NATO seeks agreement with us on joint partnership, and with the other, it makes a decision that it needs to defend. So when is NATO more sincere. We have asked these questions and are expecting answers to them. We think we are entitled to that," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying.

Russia'a ambassador to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, described as "Russia's hardline ultra-nationalist", said on his Twitter page that Assange's arrest and incarceration "demonstrated that there was no media freedom in the west and that his fate amounted to political persecution and a lack of human rights".

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