Scottish independence and its aftermath, an explosive new book has claimed. It has long been suspected that operatives working on behalf of Vladimir Putin 's government helped spread false information across social media around the time of the landmark vote - claims strongly denied by Russia.
Luke Harding, a former Moscow correspondent, has now backed that theory in a new book, Shadow State. He cites the 2014 IndyRef as just one example of Russian meddling in Western elections over the last decade.Virtually every event of any significance in democratic politics in recent years has come accompanied with allegations and subsequent denials of Russian interference.Harding, a Guardian reporter, was effectively expelled from Russia in 2011 after.
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