BREAKING: Russia ‘almost certainly’ attempted to interfere with general election, government says
The government has admitted for the first time that it ‘is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019A written statement from Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, published on Parliament’s website states: ‘On the basis of extensive analysis, the Government has concluded that it is almost certain that Russian actors sought to interfere in the 2019 General Election through the online amplification of illicitly acquired and leaked Government documents.
There is an ongoing investigation into the leak of the UK-US Free Trade Agreement documents ahead of the December election. The statement said: ‘Sensitive Government documents relating to the UK-US Free Trade Agreement were illicitly acquired before the 2019 General Election and disseminated online via the social media platform Reddit. When these gained no traction, further attempts were made to promote the illicitly acquired material online in the run up to the General Election.
‘There is an ongoing criminal investigation and it would be inappropriate for us to say anything further at this point.The statement added that the government has robust systems in place to protect the UK ‘against foreign malign influence’.
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