Thread on the #RussiaReport post-release.
Despite common belief, Putin doesn't support getting a certain person or partie into power but only wishes to destabilise European countries. The best way to think about it is Putin has cemented his position by...

running a corrupt ganger state which has frozen him out of the international community this has created a perfect storm for Russia's economy so with Putin's ability to grow GDP limited because of sanctions ex...

Putin has decided to actively try and weaken the countries he sees as Russian equivalent's, the weeker the U.K. becomes the more powerful Russia becomes in Putin's mind at least...

#EuropeanUnion
Russia meddles in European domestic affairs to try and destabilise the European Union with political parties that share its worldview... ( @Nigel_Farage @Arron_banks)

#Brexit
The Brexit referendum, you have tangible results on what Russian meddling can cause or what it can help to bring about, they try to help in the cause!...

WHY? why did Putin want #Brexit to happen, Putin doesn't care for @Nigel_Farage or @BorisJohnson, the Kremlin wants to undermine the EU political project because it goes against their vision of the world...

Putin wants Russia to at least be persevered to be the great power they were before the fall of the Soviet Union. Remove NATO and a Russian expansion of influence in the West is quite possible ( @realDonaldTrump!)...

#nodealbrexit
"Dirty Russian money", Russians who use it to buy themselves an easy life in the U.K. A so-called "hard Brexit" will likely mean serious economic turmoil for Britain and the temptation to make it easier will be dangled in front of the @Conservatives...

The easier it is for dirty Russian money to come into the City of London financial centre as happened after the 2008 crisis the more influence the Kremlin has within the U.K!. The report covers the period of time #Brexit happened so I have covered it in this thread.

#ReleaseTheRussiaReport