Russian TV journalist Vladimir Pozner in an interview with the radio station Baltkom revealed details of his interview with the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange. "I repeatedly tried to agree on this interview, but I could not. In this case, I was very lucky - when I was in Stockholm, on the set of the Scandinavian film I'm currently working on, I accidentally ran into someone who was intimately familiar with Assange. And I asked him if he could help me get through to Assange. He said that he might call me later, report the result. Literally two days later he called back and gave the phone to the nearest assistant Assange. So I got the go-ahead for taking this interview. So it can be said that it was easy, but I was just lucky. So it's difficult, "Posner said about how he managed to get an interview. "I called the embassy door, a security guard opened it to me, who checks who you are and what you are. Then, when you enter, he takes you to such a dressing room, asks if you have a telephone. I had two, he said - please give them to me. He also asked if I have a passport, and said that he would give everything up when I finish my work. Then we went to the room where the interview itself should take place. It is on the first floor, the windows are tightly closed and hung with curtains so that no one could not only look inward, but also heard nothing, "the journalist continued.. Posner added that Assange can not be called a prisoner, but if the founder of WikiLeaks leaves Ecuador's embassy, ??he will be immediately detained. "He is certainly not a prisoner, since the Ecuadorian embassy does not force him to stay there. He is a refugee, and this is where he hides from his pursuers. Near the embassy, ??I noticed some interesting details. He appointed me a meeting at 7:30 pm, when I approached, it was already quite dark. At the embassy building I noticed that a number of cars with darkened windows were parked nearby, while there was no one in the front seats, but the engines were working. Also, when I came in, several people were walking by the building near the building, and when I left they were still walking. It is clear that this is shadowing, "and he can not get out - he will immediately be seized," Posner said.. According to the journalist, Assange is in a normal mental state. "I talked with him for only an hour and a half, we wrote interviews in live mode, that is, nothing is cut out, there is no editing ... Yes, we talked a little before and after the interview, but to draw some global conclusions on this basis I I can not. It seemed to me that he was in a normal state. Of course, he is tense, but does not seem depressed or depressed, not at all. He realizes the gravity of his situation, he can joke on this topic, in my opinion, he is absolutely adequate, "- said Pozner. Pozner also spoke about his positive attitude to the work of WikiLeaks. "The creator of WikiLeaks receives information from various sources, from closed people, anonymous people who have access to sensitive information. However, this information directly affects the lives of ordinary people.

WikiLeaks receives this information, and then an extremely qualified check takes place, to what extent these data correspond to reality. And here it is necessary to emphasize that so far no one has said that this is untruthful information. Virtually WikiLeaks allows us to keep abreast of what hides power from us, "he added.. Julian Assange became a guest of the "Posner" program, aired on Channel One on October 30.

Pozner opened details of the interview with Assange.