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Long-awaited Russia report says UK government failed to investigate Kremlin interference in Brexit – ABC News
The report says there were open source indications Russia sought to influence the Brexit campaign but that the British government had not sought deep evidence of meddling.
The United Kingdom failed to investigate interference from Russia in the 2016 Brexit referendum, according to a delayed report by Britain’s parliamentary intelligence and security committee.
Key points:
- The Russia report found the UK did not seek evidence of meddling in the Brexit campaign
- It said Russia considered the UK a “top Western intelligence target”
- The report was ready in March 2019 but only released on Tuesday
The report, which was finished in March…
