Julian Assange has befriended a cute kitten while living in an Ecuadorian embassy

Assange makes a friend.
(Image credit: Screenshot/Twitter/EmbassyCat)

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been living in London's Ecuadorian embassy for four years, after being granted diplomatic asylum. Life must get awfully boring when you're staying put. Luckily, Assange's kids gifted him a kitten to keep him company, ITV News reports.

The kitten doesn't have a name yet, but its Twitter handle is in full swing:

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.