Thread by @haynesdeborah

BREAKING: Estonia’s foreign intelligence agency warns “very likely” Kremlin will try to intervene in European parliamentary elections this May to help pro-Russia & anti-EU politicians win seats.
Full report here, relevant pages 39-42:
bit.ly/2JaD68X

“The Kremlin is very likely to try to intervene in the European Parliament elections to secure as many seats as possible for pro-Russian or eurosceptical political forces,” an annual security report by the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service says.

Report says President Vladimir Putin’s goal is to undermine unity with the European Union “by sowing disorder and disbelief” within and between the 28 – soon to be 27 – member states.

It also says Russia’s secret security services are still carrying out hostile activity in cyber space despite the exposure of Russian military cyber operations in the wake of last year’s Salisbury spy poisoning.

And Estonia warns Russia is continuing a build-up of conventional military forces along its western border. “This shows that in the prioritised western direction, the Russian armed forces are preparing for a possible war along a wide front,” the report says.

Here is my piece for @SkyNews on the Estonian intelligence agency report warning of Russian election meddling in EU polls this May: bit.ly/2EXpE2N