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The Starmer Fires: The Russian Connection

In May last year, three arson attacks targeted the prime minister, Keir Starmer. Two properties and a car were set alight. But who lit the fires and why? Daniel De Simone investigates.

In May last year, three arson attacks targeted the prime minister, Keir Starmer. Two properties and a car were set alight. But who lit the fires and why? Daniel De Simone investigates and finds the shadowy figures behind the attacks were also behind fake far-right groups trying to stoke hatred and division in the UK. The fires fit a pattern in which hostile states such as Russia are increasingly using proxies here to do their dirty work. So could Russia be behind the Starmer fires?

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Role Contributor
Reporter Daniel De Simone
Director Tom Jenner
Producer Eleanor Plowden
Executive Producer Adam Grimley
Executive Producer Ed Campbell
Editor Karen Wightman

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