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Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to "undermine free societies", interfering in the elections and conducting cyberspios. This was stated by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Teresa May in a speech at the banquet of the Lord mayor of the London City, reports the BBC.

Moscow, in order to "sow discord in the West", launches fake news, the Prime Minister noted. “Russia has repeatedly violated the national airspace of several European countries and conducted a focused cyberspilation campaign and a split,” May said. “This included, among other things, interference in the elections and a hacker attack on the Ministry of Defense of Denmark and Bundestag.” May condemned the Russian annexation of Crimea and inciting the conflict in Ukraine.

According to May, her message to Putin is very simple - he must choose a different path compared to the one that Moscow has gone in recent years, having annexation of Crimea and engaged in inciting the conflict in Ukraine and the organization of cyber attacks for government and parliaments in Europe.

“We know what you are achieving, and nothing will work out for you. Because you underestimate the stability of our democracies, the constant attraction of free and open societies and the commitment of the Western countries that connect us,” the British prime minister emphasized.

Russia could become a valuable partner of the West, but only if it "play by the rules," the Prime Minister said. “We will take the necessary measures to counteract Russian activities,” May said. “But this is not the relationship with Russia that we want. We do not want to return to the Cold War or be in a state of constant confrontation.”

According to May, she hopes that someday Russia will choose another way, but so far it has not done this, "we will act together in order to protect our interests and the world order on which they depend."

On Monday, Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis said that the Spanish authorities informed Russia about the origin of traffic, which contained inaccurate messages regarding the referendum on the self -determination of Catalonia. "We do not have official data that the Russian government is behind this, but we know where this traffic comes from - it is related to networks, the distribution points of which are in Russia, and we shared this information with the Russian authorities," the minister said. - I am not sure of the complete percentage, but 50 percent of the traffic came from Russia and 30 from Venezuela. Only three accounts dedicated to the referendum and the events that Catalonia was experiencing were genuine, the rest were false. "

On November 10, Dustis said that there is “quite well confirmed data” that “Russian networks or hackers are behind actions that are aimed not only in Spain, but also to destabilize the EU .”