Report shows that Russia interfered in Scottish vote, maybe Brexit too
The report says the UK is a particularly favourable destination for Russian oligarchs and their money, with London called a ‘laundromat’
21 July 2020 - 12:42
London — Russia meddled in the 2014 Scottish referendum and the British government failed to ask for a deep assessment of possible Kremlin-directed interference in the Brexit vote, the British parliament’s intelligence and security committee said.
“There has been credible, open-source commentary suggesting that Russia undertook influence campaigns in relation to the Scottish independence referendum in 2014,” the report, which was finished in March 2019 but shelved until Tuesday, said...
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