I read the article. First of all, it&#x27;s on the &#x27;blog&#x27; section of the newstatesman, it&#x27;s not a newstatesman editorial piece. The information in there is very conflicted, if you read carefully you&#x27;ll see that this is all about some minor powerplay around who gets to attend the premiere of a movie.<p>The role of Shamir is more questionable, but in spite of that I&#x27;m not ready to see Assange as &#x27;in bed with the regime of Belarus&#x27;. If that&#x27;s true then it will need some stronger evidence and a much better sourced article.