If Wikileaks is indeed connected to Putin, and they are intended to prosecute you for talking about it, don't you think Putin has more resources to find out where you live than Wikileaks? I mean, of this (hypothetical) tandem, I'd rather be afraid of the guy with trillions of dollars, nukes and one of the best intelligence services on the planet than of a guy that has to hide in Ecuadorian embassy.

Well yeah, but WikiLeaks will publish the data on you, Russian intelligence is not going to do so (directly).

Why not? Putin has tons of media at his disposal - in fact, all media in Russia is at his disposal.

Either that, or more like:

"Here's why X CNN writer is supporting a war in Iran - his wife's cousin is an executive at Y weapons maker."

Your wife's cousin is four steps removed from you. If you believe corruption works at that distance, you're not going to find anyone to trust. Especially if you factor in that people who want to find connections somehow always find them. ("She's an environmentalist -> she hates cars -> cars need gas -> made from oil -< iran has oil -> war interrupts export -> prices rise -> fewer cars").

I'm also skeptical of the power of money to motivate people to do anything like that. If it were happening on any scale, they're doing a pretty remarkable job of hiding it.

I absolutely agree with you, but also don't doubt that making "you're obviously lying on behalf of your corrupt paymasters because you're connected to X through Y and Z" accusations easier is the purpose of this proposed initiave.