British government accused of being ‘slow’ to respond to risk of Russian interference

Alleged Russian interference report

A long-awaited report on Russia’s activities in the UK has concluded that the British Government “took its eye off the ball” and failed to respond to Moscow’s threat.

The heavily-redacted Intelligence and Security Committee’s report noted that there had been widespread allegations that Russia sought to influence voters in the 2016 Brexit referendum but it would be “difficult – if not impossible” to assess whether any such attempts had been successful.