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Putin trying to intimidate with activities in UK, former MI6 chief says
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- Anna Lamche PASir Richard Moore led MI6 until last year Russian President Vladimir Putin is "trying to intimidate" the UK with sabotage, arson and cyber attacks on British streets, according to the former head of MI6.
- Sir Richard said proxy attacks showed Britain needed to have a "discussion" about "the balance of resourcing for security and defence".
- On Monday, two men were found guilty of conspiring to carry out arson attacks on property and a car connected to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
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Anna Lamche PASir Richard Moore led MI6 until last year Russian President Vladimir Putin is "trying to intimidate" the UK with sabotage, arson and cyber attacks on British streets, according to the former head of MI6.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Sir Richard Moore said Putin was "keen to expand the battlefield" beyond the war in Ukraine by interfering against countries supporting Kyiv in ways that do not "cross the threshold into open conflict".
His comments came after the BBC revealed that Russia was behind arson attacks targeting property and a car linked to the prime minister.
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