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Nicola Sturgeon fears Russian attempts to distort Scottish independence debate

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Nicola Sturgeon has expressed fears that Vladimir Putin’s Russia is trying to influence the debate on Scottish independence by potentially distorting both sides of the argument.In comments to international journalists the SNP leader said politicians had to be “very vigilant” about misinformation on social media and the effect it could have on any referendum campaign.

In a briefing to the London Foreign Press Association during the COP26 talks, the First Minister said: “I’m afraid I think it is credible that Russia may well try to through misinformation and misuse of social media influence the debate on Scottish independence.” According to La Republica newspaper, she added: “I don’t know at any particular moment in which direction Russia

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