News / UK and world by Press Association June 11, 2018, 8:17 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Theresa May has said calls for an inquiry into alleged links between Russia and the campaign to leave the European Union are a matter for the police. The Leave.EU founder Arron Banks has insisted there is “no evidence” the campaign “took Russian money” following reports he had more extensive contact with the Kremlin than previously acknowledged. Millionaire Brexit backer Mr Banks and Leave.EU communications chief Andy Wigmore have promised “fireworks” when they are grilled by MPs on Tuesday. They are due to give evidence before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee “fake news” inquiry. Labour former Cabinet minister Ben Bradshaw asked the Prime Minister whether it was time for a “full police inquiry” into the relationship between Russia and the Leave campaign as … [Read more...] about Inquiry calls over alleged Kremlin-Leave campaign links a matter for police: PM
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Brexit backer Arron Banks facing questions over Kremlin links
News / UK and world by Press Association June 10, 2018, 1:33 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks is facing calls to explain his links with the Kremlin following reports that his contacts were far more extensive than previously acknowledged. The Leave.EU founder, who helped bankroll Nigel Farage’s campaign, held a series of undisclosed meetings with Russian embassy officials around the time of the 2016 referendum campaign, according to the Sunday Times. The paper said it had seen emails showing he also discussed a potential business deal involving six Russian gold mines with ambassador Alexander Yakovenko after being introduced to him by a suspected Russian spy. The head of the parliamentary inquiry into “fake news”, Conservative MP Damian Collins, said the report raised serious questions about Russian interference in UK politics. “The question I think people will … [Read more...] about Brexit backer Arron Banks facing questions over Kremlin links
Leading Brexit campaigners held secret meetings with Russian officials arranged by suspected Kremlin spy before referendum, report says
Arron Banks Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Explosive emails suggest the Brexit campaign's biggest donor met with Kremlin-linked figures multiple times before the referendum. The emails, seen by the Sunday Times, alleged that Arron Banks, the millionaire businessman who funded Brexit campaign group Leave.EU, was reportedly offered a business deal involving six Russian goldmines. It forms part of a mounting pile of evidence that Russia attempted to influence British democracy and engineer the EU referendum in favour of Brexit. Arron Banks, the millionaire businessman who funded pro-Brexit campaign group Leave.EU, was reportedly offered a business deal involving six Russian goldmines. The Sunday Times report, based on a huge cache of leaked emails, also alleged that Banks also had undisclosed meetings with Alexander Yakovenko, the Russian ambassador to Britain, set up by a suspected Russian spy, and that he visited Moscow before the referendum in a previously undisclosed … [Read more...] about Leading Brexit campaigners held secret meetings with Russian officials arranged by suspected Kremlin spy before referendum, report says
Trump’s Intel Chief Warns Of Upcoming Kremlin Election Interference
POLITICS 06/10/2018 01:12 am ET While president stumps for Russia on G7. By Mary Papenfuss In a strange disconnect between messages from federal leaders, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warned of Kremlin attempts to break up Western alliances and expected interfere in midterm elections just as Donald Trump was stumping for Russia to join the Group of Seven. Russia launched an “unprecedented influence campaign to interfere in the U.S. electoral and political process” in 2016, Coats said Friday at a conference in Normandy sponsored by the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington. “We continue to see Russian targeting of American society in ways that could affect our midterm elections.” Russia has also interfered in elections in France, Germany, Norway, Spain and Ukraine, he said. “These Russian actions are purposeful and premeditated and they represent an all-out assault by Vladimir Putin on the rule of law, Western … [Read more...] about Trump’s Intel Chief Warns Of Upcoming Kremlin Election Interference
Kremlin: Vienna May Host Trump-Putin Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed during a visit to Austria this week the possibility of Vienna playing host to a summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Saturday. "It was mentioned that Vienna could be such a city" Peskov was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti state news agency after being asked if Putin discussed whether the city could hold such a meeting when he met with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Tuesday. Peskov's comments come a day after Trump called for Russia to be readmitted to the group of the world's leading nations, known as the G7, a step that would end Russia's international isolation over its 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Speaking from China where Putin was attending a regional security summit, Peskov said that in their last telephone conversation on March 20 the Russian and US leaders had also mentioned possibly meeting in Vienna. "You know, the two presidents discussed the necessity of holding … [Read more...] about Kremlin: Vienna May Host Trump-Putin Summit