UK Prime Minster says it is 'clear' Russia interfered with Brexit vote

Britiain's Prime Minster Andy Burnham has said Russia did interfere with the Brexit referendum and warned that similar activities were taking place in France and Germany.

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The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in Downing Street, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: "I've had the clear answer that, yes, there was."



"I think we've been too much on the back foot on that actually and we haven't informed people sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas," he added.



Burnham did not provide further details about the type or extent of Moscow's activity during the Brexit referendum.



Britain Unbound, a pro-Brexit campaign group, said Burnham's comments were "another crude attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the decision that the British people made in 2016".



It said that foreign interference in UK elections was "obviously unacceptable" but added: "There is no good reason to believe that Russian intervention influenced the outcome of the referendum in 2016.