U.K. Accused of Turning Blind Eye to Russian Meddling in Brexit
- ISC says spies must review Kremlin role in EU referendum
- Government dismisses call for intelligence review on Brexit
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The British government failed to investigate whether Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum and “actively avoided” looking into it, according to a long-anticipated parliamentary inquiry.
Members of the Intelligence and Security Committee accused ministers of deliberately dodging the question because they did not want to know whether Russia had tried to interfere in the 2016 vote to quit the European Union. The government dismissed the findings and rejected the panel’s call for a full review into whether the Kremlin swayed the referendum.