May Says U.K. to Retaliate Against Russian Election Meddling
- Says she’s ‘unconditionally committed’ to European security
- ‘We know what you’re doing,’ prime minister tells Russia
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Prime Minister Theresa May told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Britain was ready to fight back against attempts to destabilize Western democracy that she said included “meddling in elections.”
“We know what you are doing,” May said in a section of a foreign-policy speech in London late Monday that she addressed to Russia. “And you will not succeed. Because you underestimate the resilience of our democracies, the enduring attraction of free and open societies, and the commitment of Western nations to the alliances that bind us.”