Boris Johnson and Sergei Lavrov clash over claims of Russian meddling in Brexit vote |
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Boris Johnson and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, have sparred over the issue of alleged Russian meddling in the Brexit referendum.
Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub They clashed during the first visit by a British foreign secretary to Moscow for five years. Lavrov made the latest in a series of blanket Russian denials of interference in western votes, and said Johnson himself had said there was 'no evidence of Russian interference in the Brexit referendum'. Johnson corrected Lavrov, saying: 'Not successfully, is what I said.' ‘Things aren’t easy between us’: Boris Johnson spars with Russian counterpart ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/22/boris-johnson-meets-russian-counterpart-sergei-lavrov-moscow Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture #borisjohnson #lavrov #russia |