The BBC investigation found the arson attack was just one part of an extensive campaign of sabotage, provocation and lies leading all the way to the Russian state.
The handler EL, who directed Lavrynovych, offered Russian citizenship in return for other attacks and glorified President Vladimir Putin, messages uncovered by the BBC show.
The broadcaster said it identified evidence suggesting EL is a young Russian diplomat, schooled in information warfare by spies and propagandists, who is close to the highest levels of power in Moscow. His name is Evgeny Lyukshin, a 23-year-old and son of a senior official.
https://www.westernpost.ng/russia-was-behind-arson-attacks-targeting-pm-bbc-reveals/
Anti-racist organisation Hope Not Hate investigated Direct Action and reported its concerns to counter-terror police in February last year, months before the arson attacks relating to the prime minister. Hope Not Hate concluded that Russians were behind the group.
The anti-racist organisation told the authorities people behind the group may be grooming UK residents to launch a “terror attack against a mosque or identifiably Muslim target in the UK”.
But no-one replied, says Nick Lowles, CEO of Hope Not Hate, which has since worked with the BBC to investigate Direct Action and the people behind it.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8r2l352z2do
Yeah Russia…
h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal