Russia blasts 'paranoid' UK over foreign influence register

Reuters - 05/04
Russia said on Wednesday that Britain's elite had shown its paranoia and intellectual inferiority by proposing to place anyone working for the Russian state on the highest tier of its upcoming foreign influence registration scheme.
MOSCOW, April 2 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that Britain's elite had shown its paranoia and intellectual inferiority by proposing to place anyone working for the Russian state on the highest tier of its upcoming foreign influence registration scheme.
British security minister Dan Jarvis said President Vladimir Putin, government agencies, the armed forces, intelligence services and a number of political parties would be required to register under the scheme, which will begin on July 1.

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"The intellectual inferiority afflicting the ruling class (of Britain) has reached its apogee," Russia's foreign ministry spokesw...
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