The Ecuadorian authorities have stripped Julian Assange of asylum at the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks was detained by the British police, and it has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. What is Assange being avenged and what awaits him?
Julian Assange, a programmer and journalist from Australia, became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, which he founded, published classified documents of the US State Department in 2010, as well as materials related to the military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it was rather difficult to find out who the policemen, supporting by the arms, were taking out of the building. Assange dropped his beard and did not at all look like the energetic man, which he still appeared in the photographs.
According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange was denied asylum because of his repeated violations of international conventions.
He is expected to remain at a police station in central London until he appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Why the President of Ecuador is accused of treason
Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa called the decision of the current government the biggest betrayal in the country's history. "What he (Moreno. - Ed.) Did is a crime that humanity will never forget," Correa said.
London, on the other hand, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has been done. Representative of the Russian diplomatic department Maria Zakharova has a different opinion. “The hand of“ democracy ”squeezes the throat of freedom,” she said. The Kremlin expressed the hope that the rights of the arrested person would be respected.
Ecuador harbored Assange because the former president was center-left, criticized US policies, and welcomed WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the internet activist needed asylum, he managed to get to know Correa personally: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.
However, in 2017, the power in Ecuador changed, the country headed for rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange "a stone in his boot" and immediately made it clear that his stay at the embassy would not be prolonged.
According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador on a visit. Then everything was decided. "You can rest assured that Lenin is just a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans about Assange's fate. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador is allegedly continuing the dialogue," Correa said in an interview with Russia Today.
How Assange made new enemies
The day before the arrest chief Editor WikiLeaks Christine Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. "WikiLeaks has uncovered a massive espionage operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy," he said. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transmitted to the Donald Trump administration.
Hrafnsson said that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen just because WikiLeaks released this information... A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.
The expulsion of Assange was preceded by a corruption scandal around Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published the INA Papers, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. Quito said that this is Assange's conspiracy with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the former head of Ecuador Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.
In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior in the London Mission of Ecuador. “We must protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all boundaries in the sense of violating the agreement that we came to with him, - said the president. - This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and engage in hacking ". At the same time, back in February last year it became known that Assange was deprived of the opportunity to interact with outside world, in particular, his access to the Internet was turned off.
Why Sweden stopped persecuting Assange
At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This has not been officially confirmed, but it was because of Washington's position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.
Sweden, in May 2017, closed the investigation of two cases of rape, in which the founder of the portal was accused. Assange demanded from the government of the country compensation for legal costs in the amount of 900 thousand euros.
Earlier, in 2015, the Swedish prosecutor's office also dropped three charges against him due to the statute of limitations.
Where did the rape investigation lead?
Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to get protection from the American authorities. But he came under investigation in the rape case. In November 2010, an arrest warrant was issued in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.
In February 2011, a British court ruled to extradite Assange to Sweden, followed by a series of successful appeals for the founder of WikiLeaks.
British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, \u200b\u200bwhich was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own claims against the founder of WikiLeaks.
What now awaits Assange
According to the police, the man was re-arrested at the request of the United States for extradition for publishing classified documents. At the same time, Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.
In the UK, Assange is likely to stand trial on the afternoon of April 11. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. Probably, the British authorities will seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, said the man's mother, citing his lawyer.
At the same time, the Swedish prosecutor's office is considering the possibility of reopening the investigation into the rape charge. Lawyer Elizabeth Massy Fritz, who represented the interests of the victim, will seek this.
In the city of Balkhash, Dzhezkazgan region of Kazakhstan.
While studying at school, he studied at the DOSAAF radio school (1978-1982) and at the School of Young Pilots named after A. IN AND. Patsayev at the Aktobe Higher flight school civil aviation (1979-1982).
In 1986 he graduated with a gold medal from the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after V.I. I.S. Polbina with a degree in command tactical naval missile-carrying aviation; 1998 - Faculty of Aircraft and Engines, Air Force Engineering Academy. NOT. Zhukovsky, specializing in Testing aircraft and their systems ", qualified as a pilot-engineer-researcher; in 2006 - Russian Academy civil service under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in State and Municipal Administration.
Since December 1986, Yuri Lonchakov served as an assistant ship commander, since February 1989 - ship commander of the 12th separate naval missile-carrying aviation regiment of the Air Force Baltic Fleet (the city of Ostrov, Pskov region).
In 1989-1991, he was a ship commander of a Tu-16 squadron in the 240th Guards Marine Missile Aviation Regiment of the Baltic Fleet (Bykhov, Mogilev Region, Belarus).
From March 1991 he served as a senior pilot of the Su-24 of the 15th separate long-range reconnaissance aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet Air Force (Kaliningrad).
Since July 1991 - senior pilot of the Su-24M, since July 1992 - commander of the aviation detachment of the Separate State Air Defense Test Center (the city of Priozersk, Dzhezkazgan region of Kazakhstan).
Since June 1994 - ship commander, in January-August 1995 - commander of the 144th aviation unit separate shelf Air defense of A-50 aircraft (Pechora city).
In July 1997, Yuri Lonchakov was recommended by the decision of the State Interdepartmental Commission for admission to the cosmonaut corps (12th set), in June 1998 he was appointed as a candidate for test cosmonauts of the cosmonaut corps.
In 1998-1999, he passed a course of general space training with the qualification "test cosmonaut".
In 2000-2001, he was trained in various flight programs at the International space station (ISS).
Since November 2004, he was the cosmonaut squad commander at the Cosmonaut Training Center.
He made his first space flight as a specialist from April 19 to May 1, 2001 on board the American reusable orbiting spacecraft Endeavor and the ISS; he made his second space flight from October 30 to November 10, 2002 as a flight engineer of the ISS visiting expedition together with russian cosmonaut Sergei Zaletin and astronaut of the European Space Agency, Belgian Frank de Winne (launch and return from the ISS on Russian spaceships series "Soyuz TM").
For the third time, Yuri Lonchakov went into space on October 12, 2008 as the Soyuz TMA-13 \u200b\u200bspacecraft commander and the ISS Expedition 18 Expedition Flight Engineer, together with astronauts Michael Fink and Richard Garriott. During the flight, he performed two spacewalks with a total duration of 10 hours and 45 minutes. He returned to Earth on April 8, 2009. The flight duration of Yuri Lonchakov was 178 days.
In September 2013, the astronauts voluntarily.
From October 2013 to March 2014 - Advisor to the Head of Roscosmos.
March 31, 2014 Yuri Lonchakov Acting Head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Lonchakov - Hero of the Russian Federation (2003), pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (2003).
Doctor of Technical Sciences (2010), has more than 40 scientific papers. He is a candidate for master of sports in judo (1980) and radio sports (orienteering, 1981).
He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2010), medals.
Lonchakov is married and has a son.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
In the city of Balkhash, Dzhezkazgan region of Kazakhstan.
While studying at school, he studied at the DOSAAF radio school (1978-1982) and at the School of Young Pilots named after A. IN AND. Patsaev at the Aktobe Higher Flight School of Civil Aviation (1979-1982).
In 1986 he graduated with a gold medal from the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after V.I. I.S. Polbina with a degree in command tactical naval missile-carrying aviation; 1998 - Faculty of Aircraft and Engines, Air Force Engineering Academy. NOT. Zhukovsky, specialty "Testing of aircraft and their systems", qualified as a pilot-engineer-researcher; in 2006 - the Russian Academy of Civil Service under the President of the Russian Federation with a degree in State and Municipal Administration.
Since December 1986, Yuri Lonchakov served as an assistant to the ship's commander, since February 1989 - as the ship's commander of the 12th separate naval missile-carrying aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet Air Force (Ostrov, Pskov region).
In 1989-1991, he was a ship commander of a Tu-16 squadron in the 240th Guards Marine Missile Aviation Regiment of the Baltic Fleet (Bykhov, Mogilev Region, Belarus).
From March 1991 he served as a senior pilot of the Su-24 of the 15th separate long-range reconnaissance aviation regiment of the Baltic Fleet Air Force (Kaliningrad).
Since July 1991 - senior pilot of the Su-24M, since July 1992 - commander of the aviation detachment of the Separate State Air Defense Test Center (the city of Priozersk, Dzhezkazgan region of Kazakhstan).
From June 1994 he was a ship commander, in January-August 1995 he was a commander of an aviation detachment of the 144th separate air defense regiment of A-50 aircraft (the city of Pechora).
In July 1997, Yuri Lonchakov was recommended by the decision of the State Interdepartmental Commission for admission to the cosmonaut corps (12th set), in June 1998 he was appointed as a candidate for test cosmonauts of the cosmonaut corps.
In 1998-1999, he passed a course of general space training with the qualification "test cosmonaut".
In 2000-2001, he underwent training in various flight programs on the International Space Station (ISS).
Since November 2004, he was the cosmonaut squad commander at the Cosmonaut Training Center.
He made his first space flight as a specialist from April 19 to May 1, 2001 on board the American reusable orbiting spacecraft Endeavor and the ISS; The second space flight was made on October 30 - November 10, 2002 as a flight engineer of the visiting crew to the ISS together with the Russian cosmonaut Sergei Zaletin and the astronaut of the European Space Agency, Belgian Frank de Winne (start and return from the ISS on Russian spacecraft of the Soyuz TM series).
For the third time, Yuri Lonchakov went into space on October 12, 2008 as the Soyuz TMA-13 \u200b\u200bspacecraft commander and the ISS Expedition 18 Expedition Flight Engineer, together with astronauts Michael Fink and Richard Garriott. During the flight, he performed two spacewalks with a total duration of 10 hours and 45 minutes. He returned to Earth on April 8, 2009. The flight duration of Yuri Lonchakov was 178 days.
In September 2013, the astronauts voluntarily.
From October 2013 to March 2014 - Advisor to the Head of Roscosmos.
March 31, 2014 Yuri Lonchakov Acting Head of the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.
Lonchakov - Hero of the Russian Federation (2003), pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (2003).
Doctor of Technical Sciences (2010), has more than 40 scientific papers. He is a candidate for master of sports in judo (1980) and radio sports (orienteering, 1981).
He was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2010), medals.
Lonchakov is married and has a son.
The material was prepared on the basis of information from RIA Novosti and open sources
On April 12, the whole world celebrates Aviation and Astronautics Day - memorable datededicated to the first manned flight into space
On the day of the 55th anniversary of Yu.A. Gagarin - the first manned flight into space, in all schools and preschool institutions The Russian Federation will host the already official and annual lesson named after Yu.A. Gagarin "Space is us. Gagarin's lesson".
Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia, head of the Yuri A. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. Photo from the personal archive of the cosmonaut.
The initiative of Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov, Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, was supported by the State Corporation for space activities "Roscosmos", the family of Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, with whose support happened so important for patriotic education the younger generation event.
Head of the FSBI "Research Institute of the CTC named after Yu.A. Gagarin "Lonchakov Yuri Valentinovich
- Yuri Valentinovich, how will the lessons at the school in Star City be?
The only school in Star City was opened by Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin himself, and, after the tragic death of his friend, pilot-cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, Twice Hero Soviet Union, petitioned for the school to be named after him. At the Zvezdny school, lessons will be held as in all schools of the Russian Federation, with only a slight difference - the pilots-cosmonauts of the USSR and the Russian Federation, Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia will become guests of the students. But for all schoolchildren in our country, the Gagarin lessons on April 12 will not be less interesting. Alexey Ovchinin and Heroes of Russia, pilot-cosmonauts of the Russian Federation Yuri Malenchenko and Oleg Skripochka will address the country's schoolchildren from the International Space Station with a congratulatory video message on the 55th anniversary of the flight of Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, the International Day of Cosmonautics and the first Gagarin lesson. The Cosmonaut Training Center will prepare video messages for schoolchildren, Twice Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of Russia, pilot-cosmonauts of the USSR and the Russian Federation, significant representatives of our industry. In general, I am sure that every teacher will make the Gagarin lesson for his class, his group unforgettable.
The first cosmonaut of the planet Yuri Gagarin
There is no other way about space. Of course, now, given the appearance of such an official innovation in the history of our Cosmonaut Training Center and in the history of the rocket and space industry as a whole, on the eve of it, more frequent visits to schools, preschool educational institutions countrywide. Although, I know, already now, Hero of Russia, pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Sergei Zaletin, he was born in Tula, as part of the preparation of the lesson, on April 11 he will hold meetings with schoolchildren at his native school in Shchekino, which bears his name today, the name of the Hero of Russia. Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR pilot-cosmonaut, 1st class test cosmonaut Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev regularly meets with schoolchildren and students in Bryansk. Just a few days ago passed public lesson memory at the school named after V. Komarov in Star City.
Yuri Gagarin has always been an example for children
School teachers demonstrated a film about Yuri Gagarin, collected from rare archive footage and photographic materials. The guests of honor of the show were Irina Bayanovna Solovyova, cosmonaut of the female cosmonaut corps, understudy of Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova and Hero of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonaut Valery Grigorievich Korzun.
The purpose of the new lesson is memory, memory of the victories of our compatriots, memory of the history of the development of the rocket and space industry, memory of the history of manned astronautics. And don't think it's too loud. The history of our country's victories should be passed on from generation to generation and, the main link in this transfer should be the school, educational institutions... In the official appearance of the lesson, employees of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation actively worked with us.
I want to thank everyone who took part in the process. We did a great job together. Astronauts are ready to meet with children, write video messages for them, participate in filming documentaries about the achievements of the industry, conduct experiments, lessons in physics, astronomy, ecology, provide for lessons unique archive photos, videos, audio materials stored with each of us.
Yuri Gagarin guest of schoolchildren
- Are the families of the first sets of astronauts living in Zvezdny now?
In Star City, as before, practically all families of military pilot-cosmonauts of the first cosmonaut detachments live, Valentina Ivanovna Gagarina, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonauts of the USSR Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov, Boris Valentinovich Volynov, Anatoly Vasilyevich Filipchenko, Vladimir Alexandrovich Shatalov, Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko, Lyakhov Vladimir Alexandrovich, Klimuk Petr Ilyich, Bykovsky Valery Fedorovich, Kovalenok Vladimir Vasilievich; Heroes of the Soviet Union Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova, Zudov Vyacheslav Dmitrievich, Alexander Alexandrovich Volkov, Alexander Stepanovich Viktorenko, Anatoly Yakovlevich Soloviev, Vladimir Georgievich Titov, Gennady Mikhailovich Manakov, Viktor Mikhailovich Afanasyev. Widow and son of Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Petrovich Artyukhin, widow of Heroes of the Soviet Union Belyaev, Vasyutin, Berezovoy, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Malyshev.
Heroes of the Russian Federation, pilot-cosmonauts of the Russian Federation Vasily Tsibliev, Yuri Gidzenko, Yuri Onufrienko, Valery Korzun, Genaddy Padalka, Sergei Zaletin, Valery Tokarev, Salizhan Sharipov, Oleg Kotov, Sergei Volkov and others. All have great-grandchildren, grandchildren, children. Everyone is studying at our school. For the children of Star City, the profession of an astronaut is, first of all, a serious, responsible work of fathers, grandfathers, relatives and friends, neighbors. With the diligence of the teaching staff, our school has grown up two Heroes of the Russian Federation, cosmonauts from the space dynasties Romanenko and Volkov. Today their children, the children of the Skvortsov dynasty of pilot-cosmonauts, study at our school. The archives of the school store the compositions of the first students on the topic: "My parents knew Gagarin." Today's students, traditionally, will write: "My grandparents knew Gagarin"
- How often do cosmonauts go to schools?
Often. And in schools, and in summer health camps, and in orphanages and boarding schools. With students native school Roman Romanenko and Sergei Volkov meet regularly, bring memorable souvenirs for the school museum from long business trips to the ISS. This year, as part of the Gagarin lesson, we will visit and kindergarten in Zvezdny. After all, the lessons will be held throughout the general education system.
- Does the Cosmonaut Training Center help schools from the regions with materials?
Methodological materials for preparing lessons have already been posted on the official website of the Cosmonaut Training Center in the sections "Cosmocenter" and "Multimedia". The Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation also proposed to use the materials and opportunities of local museums, cultural and educational centers, libraries. The lesson, in our opinion, should consist of two parts. The first part - Yuri Gagarin, the history of space exploration. The second is modern cosmonautics, its development, achievements of the rocket and space industry. Annually, on April 1, we will update the news part of the lesson about the achievements of the rocket and space industry, about manned space exploration, add it to the historical archival documents. Films of the Roskosmos TV studio are recommended for preparation for lessons.
At the Yu.A. Gagarin hosted the "Space Forum" dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the first man's flight into space. Photo: Chairman State Duma Sergey Evgenievich Naryshkin, head of the Yu.A. Gagarin "Lonchakov Yuri Valentinovich, General manager State Corporation for Space Activities "ROSCOSMOS" Komarov Igor Anatolyevich, the first woman cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova.
You are also preparing a video material for children with disabilities who are on distance learning ...
Video material for children with special development, but with dreams and emotions worthy of space heights will be posted on the official website of the Cosmonaut Training Center in the "Space Center" section. It was prepared by pupils of grade 2B of the V. Komarov school, and conducted by the teacher Svetlana Isaeva and Lenochka, a student of 2B, studying under the program of inclusive education. In general, language teachers are also involved in the process (our school with in-depth study of English language) and physical education. No one is indifferent.
- Everyone is interested in what universities the children and grandchildren of our cosmonauts go to?
The children and grandchildren of our cosmonauts, as far as I know, choose the most different universities, but worthy and exclusively Russian.
Will space dynasties develop? Today, everyone knows the cosmonauts Skvortsovs, Volkovs, Romanenko ...
Of course, I would very much like the space dynasties to continue. But, astronauts are born not only in space families. My parents are geologists, and since childhood I dreamed of space. Talented boys and girls who have good health and a thirst for knowledge, there is every opportunity to get to us in the cosmonaut corps of Roscosmos. You just need to strive for it very much and want it very much. And, most importantly, to know - everything will work out.