Russia tried to meddle in Scottish independence referendum – British Parliament
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Russian officials have expressed anger at the conclusions of the Parliamentary report, accusing the UK of taking a “leading role in Russophobia”. At the same time, they welcomed sections of the report which cleared Moscow of attempts to influence the 2016 Brexit referendum, echoing a talking point popular among Brexit backers in the UK who don’t want to see the results of the vote undermined.
“The charges are once again unfounded, unsubstantiated and unconvincing,” said Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the foreign affairs committee of Russia’s Federation Council, a lawmaking body, in written remarks on Tuesday.
The British Parliament’s intelligence and security committee’s report on Russian influence in politics is expected to disclose that the Kremlin tried to influence the result of the Scottish independence referendum but not the Brexit vote of 2016, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The report, which will be published later today, will describe that Russia tried to divide the UK in 2014 and that it was “the first post-Soviet interference in a Western democratic election,” the newspaper added, citing comments from the 50-page report.
