Scotland has never recovered from the bitterness and division stoked by the SNP's 2014 independence referendum. He told The Spectator recently: "If we hold a referendum most people will vote to stay in Russia... but that is because Putin has killed democracy." January 2014 - The Kremlin-controlled Itar-Tass news agency reveals that David Cameron has asked Vladimir Putin to oppose Scottish independence. Although the hack was blamed on North Korea, some experts believe that Russia may have also been involved. May 2015 - Shortly after Nicola Sturgeon's landslide, Vladimir Churov from the Central Electoral Commission states: "It confirms our position; that the outcome of the independence referendum in Scotland was a total falsification."

Source: Express October 14, 2023 06:10 UTC