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The United Kingdom has admitted today through a report about the "Russian influence" in its democratic processes that the interference of the Kremlin in important events such as the Brexit referendum or the general and local elections has become "the new normal" . Not only that, but the document points out that from Downing Street they have been unable to control it and may even have favored it by having among their donors several Russian oligarchs and millionaires suspected of working, directly or indirectly, for the intelligence services of Vladimir Putin .

"Russian influence in the UK has become the new normal. Successive governments have received the money from the oligarchs with open arms , giving them every facility to recycle their illicit finances through the London 'laundromat' and giving them in exchange for contacts at the highest levels of the UK business and political world, "criticize the Intelligence and Security Committee . "It makes clear the tension that exists between the government's prosperity agenda and the need to protect national security. Although we cannot close the door on them, more powers and transparency are urgently needed in this regard."

The report, which has been published for practically a year and a half after being prepared by members of the different parties, had been delayed publication for the last nine months by Boris Johnson himself, who feared that its results could diminish the forceful victory he achieved in the general elections last December.

However, and due to the dates in which it was produced, the document focuses especially on the 2016 Brexit referendum , since, although it is not yet clear whether the Russians were successful in their attempt to influence the As a result, the fact that not enough precautions were taken to avoid it is criticized.

"From the Intelligence and Security Committee, we doubt if the government got confused with the Russian issue, since it seems to us that they underestimated the response required for the Russian threat and are even still trying to catch up," they criticize from the beginning. "Even if the conclusion of any analysis was that there had been minimal interference, we could say that this would represent a useful confirmation to the public that the UK's democratic processes had been kept relatively safe," they explain in the report.

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