The British government releases a report on Russia’s “interference in political affairs”. The Kremlin: The accusation is groundless.


Overseas Network, July 21st, the British government released a report on the 21st, which claimed that Russia was “interfering in politics.” The Kremlin responded the same day and slammed the report’s allegations as baseless.

According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the report was commissioned by the British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC). It stated that Russia’s cyber capabilities were a “matter of serious concern” and constituted a “direct and serious threat to the UK’s national security.” urgent threat”. In addition, the report also mentioned the 2016 British Brexit referendum and the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, and claimed that “there are reliable sources proving” Russia’s influence on them.

There are two versions of this report. Russian media said that what was reviewed by Prime Minister Johnson and relevant senior officials was a confidential version of the report, and the version published on the official website of the British Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee has been heavily modified.

Shortly after the report was released, Russia fired back. Kremlin spokesman Peskov responded, “Russia has never interfered in the voting process of any country, including the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. We will not do so and will not tolerate other countries’ attempts to interfere in our political affairs. ”

Peskov also said, “Mom, I also know that this is a bit inappropriate, but the business group I know will be leaving in the next few days. If they miss this opportunity, I don’t know in what month and year they will call , Russia is currently focusing on the priority areas of national development in 2030, “With full respect for the United Kingdom, what happens in our country is the most important thing to us. “Peskov believed that this so-called report on Russia’s “interference in politics” contained “baseless accusations” and said that these accusations were not relevant. She first asked her son to sit down and then poured him a glass of water. She asked him to drink and saw that he shook his head vigorously to make himself more awake before she spoke. (Overseas Network/Li Meng)