Comments by "Nigel Johnson" (@nigeljohnson9820) on "Russia report: UK 'actively avoided' probing possible Moscow meddling in Brexit vote" video.

Many have concluded that russia influenced the brexit vote in favour of leave, however there are logical reasons to assume any such interference would have been in favour of the remain side. Consider the effect of the uk leaving the EU, it was the british government that opposed the formation of an EU army. The UK also opposed further EU integration. Now there is a chance that the EU will form a more belligerent block, lead by the French., opposed to Putin's Russia. Without analysis of the Russian interference, it is difficult to decide what the Russians were trying to achieve. If Russian money was being laundered in the city of London it is doubtful if it was in Russian interests to split the city of London away from the EU, unless they were concerned about EU legislation affecting their ability to process money through London. It is likely that Russia would support the leave side in the Scottish referendum, as this might disrupt the uk nuclear submarine bases in Scotland.
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@jandoedens1171 I have recently reached the conclusion the EU empire building extends to dominating the whole of the continent, including Russia. At one point, I think Putin was part of this conspiracy, thinking like other leaders who share the goal, that they will be the leader of leaders. I think the intention is to form a power block to rival China and the US etc. It is questionable if the UK splitting from the EU is an advantage to Russia. It is well documented that there is a lot of Russia money is flowing through London. I suspect that uk membership of the EU made it less likely it would confront Russia. Trump has ensured NATO is no longer a threat to Russia. It was US military technology, and their willingness to use it in Europe, that gave NATO its bite. Maybe it is the case that Putin considers those who are not with him are against him. It is reported that the cold ended, and the USSR fell because, because at the time it could not match western (US) military technology, in particular, high performance solid rocket fuel and microprocessor technology. The UK press has suggested that Russia now makes up for these deficiencies by using cyber warfare to spread discord and chaos around the world . But this seems unlikely, as such a random strategy will have as many negative consequences as positive for Russia. I suspect that Putin's original aim was simply to regain control of the satellite states that the USSR lost following during its break up, but geo politics is a complicated chess game with more than two players, so achieving even a simple goal involves complex machinations in all regions of the globe.
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@onespeed346 the question is, which way was Putin trying to push the brexit vote.
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@Gargoyle_75 you are not making an argument based on logic, you are just expressing a prejudice. If the uk political establishment has been bribed, I would start by looking in the house of lords, that was so determined to stop brexit.
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joe caterman I don't think even Putin would sow discord for the sake of it. There must be a goal, a purpose. Shaking things up and hoping they land in your favour is not a political strategy.
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@Gargoyle_75 you started by asking the right questions, but then you provided the wrong answers by drawing the wrong conclusions. The EU is more likely to confront Russia in the absence of the UK. There are two likely reason for a government cover up, either to hide their incompetence or to hide an official secret. I don't trust the conclusions of a six year old in matters of global politics
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@Gargoyle_75 you answered your own question in the last sentence. The EU growing dependents on Russia happened while the UK was a member of the EU. Maybe the well publicised UK policy of engaging with Russia was the reason.
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