Vladimir Putin is using the recently opened Edinburgh bureau of its state-backed news agency to wage a propaganda campaign on the UK, according to the Times.
In its report today, the broadsheet accuses the Kremlin of “spreading disinformation through a newly opened British bureau for its Sputnik international news service” and additionally claims it “is infiltrating elite universities by placing language and cultural centres on campuses”.
The paper points to Sputnik’s suggestions that murdered MP Jo Cox may have been killed as part of a plot to sway the EU referendum result as an example of the kind of dubious Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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