President Putin has launched a secret propaganda assault on Britain from within its own borders, The Times can reveal.
The Kremlin is spreading disinformation through a newly opened British bureau for its Sputnik international news service, and is infiltrating elite universities by placing language and cultural centres on campuses.
Analysts said that the push was part of Russia’s military doctrine, which specifies the use of “informational and other non-military measures” in conflicts.
Moscow’s intelligence agencies were accused by US cybersecurity experts this week of hacking the computer servers of the Democratic National Committee, which has nominated Hillary Clinton as its candidate in November’s presidential election.
The release of 20,000 stolen emails, many of them embarrassing to the party’s leaders, was blamed on the Kremlin after
