It comes after parliament’s intelligence and security committee last year declared Russian influence in the UK as “the new normal”. Most of Megahertz’s current shareholders are either current or former workers at the Russian firm, according to Companies House . A Russian -owned company played a key role in the £2.6m renovation of No.9 Downing Street in an undisclosed contract to get it ready for White House-style televised media briefings, a source has told HuffPost UK. Downing Street said that it “takes all necessary measures” to ensure “very high standards of security are always met”. Update: Allegra Stratton, the prime minister’s press secretary, said Downing Street took “all necessary measures” to ensure high standards on security.

Source: Huffington Post March 15, 2021 12:19 UTC