Theresa May accuses Vladimir Putin of ‘cyberespionage and disruption’

PM calls out Russia’s plans to ‘sow discord in the West’

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Theresa May at the Lord Mayor’s Banquet in November
(Image credit: Leon Neal / Getty Images)

Theresa May has accused Moscow of cyberespionage and meddling in elections worldwide, in what the BBC calls “her strongest attack on Russia yet”.

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