Russia behind Britain's Brexit vote, UK prime minister admits for first time
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has publicly admitted for the first time that Russia was behind Britain's Brexit vote, confirming Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum on leaving the European Union, according to the Kyiv Independent. Burnham made the comments on a major UK politics podcast, The Rest is Politics, marking the first public acknowledgment by a British prime minister of Russia's role in the divisive Brexit campaign, in which the country voted to leave the EU with 52% in favor and 48% wanting to remain part of the bloc.
The admission comes as Burnham works to strengthen ties with the EU, a process that began under his predecessors Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, and which has been aided by a shared commitment to support Ukraine.
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