This is reported by RIA Novosti.
The hearing is scheduled to last four weeks.
As specified, the prosecution asked to break the hearing into two parts: the first week will begin on February 24, it is planned to hear the parties ’initial arguments.
The remaining three weeks should pass in May - early June, at these hearings evidence of the positions will be given, as well as witnesses in the case will testify.
Earlier, Assange's lawyer Jennifer Robinson said that the trial in the case of the founder of WikiLeaks could take several years.
Assange, accused of sexual harassment and rape in Sweden in 2010, has been hiding since June 2012 at the Embassy of Ecuador in London. On the morning of April 11, 2019, he was detained at the request of the United States.
A court in London found him guilty of violating bail conditions and sentenced him to 11 months in prison. Extradition hearings began on May 2.
At the end of May, U.S. authorities said they had charged Assange with 17 episodes of violation of the law on espionage and the disclosure of classified information.