Leak shows Assange sought Russian visa

By Raphael Satter
Updated September 17 2018 - 7:36pm, first published 7:30pm
Julian Assange reportedly sought a Russian visa when authorities were closing in on him in 2010.
Julian Assange reportedly sought a Russian visa when authorities were closing in on him in 2010.

A new cache of internal WikiLeaks files shows the radical transparency organisation's staffers discussed having founder Julian Assange skip bail and escape from Britain as authorities closed in on him in 2010.

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