Russian Involvement in the 2017 United Kingdom General Election (Oh Jeremy Corbyn)

Under the orders of the Russian government, intelligence assets of Russia actively interfered in the 2017 UK General Election. Vladmir Putin personally ordered the initiative to harm the British economy and isolate it from it's NATO allies as well as incite political turmoil.

After the success of Russian involvement in the US elections, Russia tried similar tactics with hacking into the emails of many Conservative party members including Theresa May and Boris Johnson in addition to a campaign of social media disinformation.

When the election was called on the 18th April, Russian affiliated hacking groups such as Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear began attempting to access sensitive information held by the Conservative party. In addition troll farms to propagate anti- Conservative messages were created and around $50,000 was spent on Facebook advertising.

The Russian campaign throughout May managed to access the campaign emails of Thersea May, Boris Johnson, Ruth Davidson and Phillip Hammond. Phone calls were also intercepted. On the 4th June a series of revelations were leaked to WikiLeaks with a number of Conservatives having made racist remarks while a series of disagreements were shown between Boris Johnson and Phillip Hammond. In addition concerns in the Conservative party about Battle Bus spending claims being investigated by the Crown Prosecution Service as reasons for holding the General Election and that the misappropriation of funds was likely intentional.

It is believed these revelations on the 4th June greatly harmed the Conservatives performance at the elections possibly leading to their electoral loss.