New files that WikiLeaks is about to dump onto the Internet contain embarrassing diplomatic cables that could harm Moscow's relations with Washington, the Kommersant newspaper reported Friday.
The confidential cables contain general assessments of the political situation in Russia and "unflattering characteristics" of Russian leaders, the respected business daily reported, citing a top source at the whistle-blowing website.
"The documents include recordings of US diplomats' conversations with Russian politicians, assessments of Russia's most notable events, and analyses of what is happening in the country and in its domestic and foreign politics," the newspaper wrote.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that his office has not been officially informed by Washington about the impending file dump, which he blamed on "little thieves running around the Internet."
"They steal secret documents there, but we do not get the same thing here — or at least not to the same extent," the Interfax news agency quoted Lavrov as saying.
WikiLeaks has not said what will be contained in its coming release, indicating only that it will be "seven times" the size of the Iraq War logs in which it posted 400,000 secret documents.
US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Wednesday that the United States was concerned about the files' release.
"We are gearing up for the worst-case scenario, that leaked cables will touch on a wide range of issues and countries," Crowley told AFP.
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