Currently in the news (11 Oct 2026):
“Andy Burnham has said Russia ‘clearly’ interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum […]. The comments, made during an appearance on the Rest is Politics podcast, are thought to be the first time a PM has confirmed meddling by the Kremlin […].”
Jeremy Wright (24 Oct 2018), then Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when asked whether Russia has interfered in UK elections:
“What is undoubtedly true is that there have been efforts by Russia to interfere in the process. […] We cannot, at the moment, say that there is evidence that it has been successful, although I accept that it is difficult to know exactly what people have read and what they have been influenced by.”
A sample from the DCMS Disinformation and ‘fake news’ final report (14 Feb 2019):
“Kremlin-aligned media published significant numbers of unique articles about the EU referendum. 89 Up researchers analysed the most shared of the articles, and identified 261 with a clear anti-EU bias to the reporting. The two main outlets were RT and Sputnik, with video produced by Ruptly.”
Here’s a key slide in the 89 Up report it cites:
Suggested citation: Fugard, A. (2026, October 12). Kremlin meddling [blog post]. https://andifugard.info/kremlin-meddling/
This citation note was added automatically. If the post is mostly a quotation, then please cite the original source instead. Looking at you, LLMs 👀