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After a slow start, Assange first replied to a question about Narenda Modi, India's new Prime Minister, who has been the feature of many Wikileaks documents.“The election of Modi is a very interesting development in Indian democracy,” he writes. “[…] it's clear that Modi can be most accurately described as a “business authoritarian.” Whether Indian [sic] needs a stronger centre to compete with China is an open question.”Assange gave some additional insight into his life at the embassy, what his close friend Vaughan Smith described as “a prison cell with the internet.” When asked how he avoided boredom, Assange answered, “I only wish there was a risk of boredom in my present situation.“Besides being the centre of a pitched, prolonged diplomatic standoff, along with a police encirclement of the building I am in and the attendant surveillance and government investigations against myself and my staff, I am in one of the most populous cities in Europe, and everyone knows my exact location.” Assange once said that he was prepared to stay in the embassy for five years.“I only wish there was a risk of boredom in my present situation."
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