“Lawyers, the UK legal community, human rights defenders expected the opposite decision ... This decision was allowed, but not predicted, that is, they still expected to be extradited.
But, apparently, there were enough convincing legal foundations not to extradite Julian Assange, ”the political scientist noted.
According to Yarygin, the United States will continue to fight in its business for obtaining Julian Assange.
“Most likely, the legal aspects remained unresolved, and therefore the defense of Julian Assange needs to use the window of opportunity in order to at least keep Assange in the jurisdiction of the UK, but I think that if the issue is only in legal aspects, the United States will continue its business even if the next administration will still insist on extradition, ”the Americanist explained.
At the same time, the expert added that Assange's question is not a question of a specific administration, but of the US intelligence services in general.
“Julian Assange will have a long struggle, and his adversary will not abandon his goals,” concluded Yarygin.
Earlier, the Central Criminal Court of London refused to extradite the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange to the United States authorities.
Lawyers representing the interests of the American authorities have already said they will appeal the decision.