The parliamentary report's authors accused the British government of "actively avoiding" looking into evidence of the Russian threat to the EU referendum. The U.K. government have actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfered. In a 20-page response, officials denied the government had "badly underestimated" the Russian threat and rejected the call for an assessment of alleged Russian meddling during the Brexit referendum. It said Russian influence in the U.K. is the "new normal," and successive governments have welcomed Russian oligarchs with open arms. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks in front of a Russian flag in Sevastopol, Crimea in this March 14, 2018 file photo.

Source: CBC News July 21, 2020 12:39 UTC