Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going to revise the laws of treason, state secrets and espionage amid fears over the "interference" of Russia in British policy and deteriorating relations with China, reports the Daily Mail newspaper, citing sources.
It is expected that changes in the law of treason would make criminal those who swear allegiance to a foreign state and trying to enter the UK or operating in the territory of the country. In case of acceptance of amendments it will become a most serious revision of the law of treason from 1695 and allow you to get rid of legal loopholes in the law.
The US wants to create a coalition to combat the "China threat", said us Secretary of state Mike Pompeo.
"U.S. wants all sovereign States recognized the threat posed by China and the Communist party of China. All countries should respond to the behavior of China... We think that the whole world must work together in order to support and strengthen the system of international relations," Pompeo said at a press conference in London on Tuesday.
The UK government noted the lack of evidence of a wide of RF interference in the British elections, but noted that any attempt to interfere was unacceptable.
"Although evidence of a large-scale campaign against Russian elections there, any attempt to interfere in our democratic process is totally unacceptable. Being criminally investigated, so to say anything else at this stage for us is inappropriate," - said in the text of the response of the government published on Tuesday a report on Russia's parliamentary intelligence Committee.
The British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that Russian intelligence services were involved in cyberattacks against the developments of Western countries on the vaccine for the coronavirus, the Minister said Sunday, speaking on the TV channel Sky News.
"We are quite sure that Russian intelligence agencies were involved in cyber attacks on development (vaccines) and the organization in this country and abroad with the purpose or Subversion, or to benefit from the ongoing research activities", - said the Minister, adding that this is part of a systematic approach on the part of Russia to cybersphere.
The UK after the "extraordinary statements" about the alleged "interference" of Russia in the parliamentary elections of 2019 need to submit the "extraordinary proof" of this, said to RIA Novosti, the leader of the British independence Party (UKIP) Freddy Vacha.
"It is a strong and extreme statement, and, like all extreme statements, it requires extraordinary evidence. I expect to see such evidence, while I did not see them. But I also recognize that due to issues related to national security and secrecy, their publication can be an impossible task," he said.
Russia categorically rejects interference in elections in any country and, in particular, in the UK, said press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov
"We are consistently categorically deny any possible involvement of the Russian Federation to the interventions in the elections of any country, including the UK. And we categorically reject any allegations about the election in Britain of 2019," - said Peskov reporters.
U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Minister for foreign Affairs of great Britain Dominique Raab discussed the ban of London on the use of China's Huawei technologies in 5G networks, said in a statement the state Department.
"The Secretary and foreign Minister agreed to work together to promote the development of additional, credible solutions for 5G", - stated in the message.
Russia has not interfered and will not interfere in the internal Affairs of great Britain, said RIA Novosti the representative of the Russian Embassy in London in response to a request to comment on statements of the head of the foreign office of Dominic Raab.
The British foreign Secretary in a written statement to Parliament says that some "Russian players" is "almost certainly" tried to intervene in the British elections of 2019, on this fact opened a criminal investigation. In particular, Mr. Raab reported that unlawfully were produced and disseminated on the Internet secret documents related to the free trade agreement between the UK and the USA. After this had no result, the Minister said, "there have been further attempts to move illegally obtained materials online ahead of the General election."
The Russian Embassy in London believes that the statements of British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on cyber threats from the Russian Federation is not a manifestation of the concerns of computer security, and propaganda step, said RIA Novosti the representative of the Embassy.
"Therefore, we are dealing not with genuine concern about computer security, and from a purely propagandistic step," he said.
Statements Britain about the alleged Russian interference in parliamentary elections in 2019 and the attempt associated with Moscow hackers to steal in Britain, USA and Canada information about vaccine development from COVID-19 speak of the difficulties experienced by the Western community, and internal contradictions, said RIA Novosti member of the Council on foreign and defense policy, Minister Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in the UK (2011-2017) Alexander Kramarenko.
The British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a written statement to Parliament says that Russia "almost certainly" tried to intervene in the British elections of 2019, on this fact opened a criminal investigation. In addition, the cyber security Centre of the United Kingdom stated that allegedly associated with Russian hackers tried to steal in Britain, USA and Canada information about vaccine development from COVID-19.
Moscow considers the vague and conflicting statements of London about the alleged intervention of Russia in the British parliamentary elections in 2019, no proof of this, said on Thursday the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.
The British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a written statement to Parliament says that Russia "almost certainly" tried to intervene in the British elections of 2019, on this fact opened a criminal investigation.
The British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a written statement to Parliament says that Russia "almost certainly" tried to intervene in the British elections of 2019, on this fact opened a criminal investigation.
"On the basis of extensive analysis, the government concluded that Russian players almost certainly tried to interfere in the General elections of 2019 by attracting attention on the Internet to illegally obtained and leaked government documents", - stated in the text of the statement Raab.
London further undermined bilateral relations with Moscow, but also its own authority, said to RIA Novosti the head of the Duma international Affairs Committee Leonid Slutsky, commenting on the statement by the head of the British foreign office in relation to the "interference" of Russia in British elections.
The British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in a written statement to Parliament says that Russia "almost certainly" tried to intervene in the British elections of 2019, on this fact opened a criminal investigation.
Imposing sanctions against the Russians and the Saudis, Britain showed itself as a "force for good", said the foreign Minister of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab.
On Monday, Britain published a list of individuals and organizations, whom it accuses of human rights violation. The list included 25 Russians, whom London considers implicated in the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009, as well as 20 Saudis suspected of involvement in the murder of opposition journalist Jamal Casucci. The list also includes two generals from Myanmar and two North Korean structure, accused of torture, murder and the use of prison labor. All the defendants in the list are denied entry to the UK, the authorities will freeze all their assets if any will be detected in the United Kingdom.
UK have included in their own sanctions list generated on the "Magnitsky amendment", predsedatelya the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin.
The list is published by the office of the government on Monday. Plans to do this said the head of the foreign office, Dominic Raab. The document lists the names of 47 people, including 25 Russians and 22 citizen of Saudi Arabia, also the list included two North Korean intelligence agencies.
Britain's sanctions against several Russian citizens for violating human rights in the framework of the "Magnitsky amendment" should be considered as part of the policy of London, which he gives in relation to Moscow, said RIA Novosti Professor of European law of MGIMO-University Nikolai Topornin.
Earlier the Financial Times reported that British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday will announce the names of citizens of Russia and Saudi Arabia, against which sanctions will be imposed for the violation of human rights in the framework of the "Magnitsky amendment".
The British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Monday will announce the names of citizens of Russia and Saudi Arabia, against which sanctions will be imposed for the violation of human rights in the framework of the "Magnitsky amendment", reports Financial Times.
The publication indicates that the list, apparently, will appear also the names of the Saudis suspected of involvement in the murder of a Saudi opposition journalist Jamal Casucci.
Beijing officials took the call that he threw the Washington senators and the congressmen. To paraphrase a famous American principle, we can say that the approach "never negotiate with political terrorists" was applied to the United States. Chinese media reported that the so-called law on the security of Hong Kong was adopted, and this means that China is prepared to take the risk of sanctions from Washington, because the threat of sanctions senators and congressmen tried to stop the passage of this bill.
By and large, the Beijing leaders was a binary choice: to give in to blackmail and to the South of the country the real separatist enclave that will rock all and Sundry, or to meet the sanctions, but to save so important for the Chinese national consciousness of the unity of the country. Critics of the decision who already pedal the theme of "economic collapse of Hong Kong as a global financial center" will emphasize that it was a choice between political and economic considerations, the choice was made in favor of the policy to the detriment of the economy, which is clearly not true. The problem is that no short-term economic benefits (which, of course, would be fixed — at least through the absence of sanctions) never and would never be able to compensate for the economic damage that would be dealt to China in that case, if the process of disintegration of the country would not be stopped directly in Hong Kong right now.
Britain will examine the law on the protection of national security of Hong Kong for violation of regulations signed with China the Declaration on the autonomy of the region, said the foreign Minister of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab.
Chinese President XI Jinping signed a decree on the entry into force on 30 June of the law on the protection of national security of Hong Kong. Earlier on Tuesday, the standing Committee of vsekitajsky meeting of national representatives endorsed the law. PC NPC also decided to include the law in Annex III of the Basic law of the Special administrative region of Hong Kong.
The Minister of foreign Affairs of China Wang Yi in a telephone conversation with his British colleague Dominic Raab expressed the hope that London will not interfere in the Affairs of Hong Kong should be the message of the foreign Ministry of the PRC.
In the UK, previously stated that the decision of the Chinese authorities about the development of Hong Kong law on national security is contrary to the provisions signed by Britain and China of the Declaration on the autonomy of the region. The Prime Minister of Britain, Boris Johnson said that London is ready to change visa rules for Hong Kong if China will implement the law on national security of Hong Kong. According to the British Prime Minister, this bill seriously "restrict the freedom and seriously weakened the autonomy of (Hong Kong – ed.)".
