In Russia, Konstantin Goloskokov, a computer hacker and commissar in the Kremlin supported Nashi youth movement, said his organisation had no plans to try to disable the WikiLeaks website, or other websites carrying the materials, as long as the materials were “accurate”, as he put it, even if they show Russia in an unfavourable light.

“In general, we consider WikiLeaks to be a positive phenomenon, it represents control of diplomacy by the people” he said. “As long as the documents are genuine, not falsified, and are accurate, we see no reason to attempt to interfere technically.”