# Andy Burnham: Russia ‘clearly’ interfered in Brexit referendum

https://mins.news/en/item/96115

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-12 09:15 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/cm70pwyl0qxwo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum and warned that similar activity is taking place in France and Germany. He said the public had not been adequately informed about efforts by foreign powers to undermine British democracy. The Brexit campaign group Britain Unbound called his remarks an attempt to weaken the legitimacy of the referendum result.

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