No evidence of Russian interference in Brexit vote, says UK
Russia has repeatedly denied meddling in the West, casting the US and Britain as gripped by anti-Russian hysteria
22 July 2020 - 13:06
London — There is no evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 Brexit referendum and Britain’s spies did not take their eyes off the ball on Russia, British transport secretary Grant Shapps said on Wednesday.
The British parliament’s intelligence and security committee said in a report published on Tuesday that Russia had interfered in the 2014 Scottish independence referendum but it had not seen hard evidence of Russian meddling in the Brexit vote...
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