Edinburgh radio station “Sputnik” is kremlin stooge
russians who live in Scotland and engage in “information warfare” to destabilize Britain should face having their assets seized, according to Scottish MP, The Times reports.
There is mounting suspicion that the kremlin sponsored last month’s cyber attack on the Institute for Statecraft (IFS), a think-tank set up to counter russia’s disinformation war and funded to the tune of more than £2m by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
russia’s English-speaking news channel RT (formerly known as russia Today) and Sputnik, an internet radio station based in Edinburgh, were among the first to report details of the hack, which was mounted on November 5. It has fuelled suspicion that russia was behind the hack and used its media outlets to amplify its impact.