"We know that states like Russia have got a very active, planned, thought-through strategy to interfere in the democratic process in Western countries and sow dissension and chaos whenever they can. We know this has happened in the United States, we know it’s happened in Ukraine", Hunt said a press conference ahead of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting.
The United Kingdom is "fending off and preventing" alleged cyberattacks and other forms of interference by Russia, according to the foreign minister.
"We have had hacking attacks on the British Parliament, on the Bundestag, not necessarily by Russia. But it is becoming something that non-democratic countries are looking at as a tool", Hunt noted.
The West has repeatedly accused Moscow of alleged meddling in political processes, inducing the 2016 US presidential election and the Brexit vote, without providing sufficient proof. Russia has vehemently denied all allegations.
