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Burnham Announces UN Centre to Counter Russian Disinformation
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- Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a Centre for Information Defence at the UN General Assembly.
- Burnham accused Russia of spreading falsehoods and an industrial-scale assault on the UK environment.
- The centre will operate from Office for the Prime Minister and work with intelligence, police, social-media.
- Burnham claimed Russian agencies interfered in the 2019 UK election and falsified newspaper articles.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rebuked the policy as short-sighted and Russophobic.