“We do not have information about who could break into pharmaceutical companies and research centers in the UK. We can say one thing - Russia has nothing to do with these attempts. We will not accept such accusations, as well as regular allegations of interference with the 2019 election, ”he told TASS.
July 16, the British cybersecurity service accused the hacker group Cozy Bear, which, according to London, "is almost certainly part of the Russian intelligence services," in attacks on vaccine developers against coronavirus.
Also, the head of the Foreign Office, Dominic Raab, declared Russia's responsibility for cyber attacks.
In addition, the British authorities said that Russia “almost certainly” tried to intervene in the 2019 parliamentary elections in the UK. As stated in a statement by Raab, while "there is no evidence of the existence of an extensive campaign of Russia against the election."