Russian bid to influence Brexit vote detailed in new US Senate report
UK political system vulnerable to anti-democratic meddling via social media and 'possibly illicit' campaign funding, report says
Russia's attempts to influence British democracy and the potential vulnerability of parts of the UK political system to anti-democratic meddling during the EU referendum have been detailed in a report prepared by the US Senate.
The report by Democrats on the Senate foreign relations committee, titled Putin's asymmetric assault on democracy in Russia and Europe: implications for US national security, pinpoints the way in which UK campaign finance laws do not require disclosure of political donations if they are from "the beneficial owners of non-British companies that are incorporated in the EU and carry out business in the UK".
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