Russia denies any link to Keir Starmer arson attacks after 3 charged over ‘plot to torch two homes and car linked to PM'
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RUSSIA has denied any link to the arson attacks on Sir Keir Starmer after three were charged over the alleged plot.
Two homes and a car previously owned by the Prime Minister were torched earlier this month.
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A burning car in the same north London street where Sir Keir Starmer has a property
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Police forensics officers seen near the PM's home on May 12
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a congratulatory speech on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first issue of The Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper
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Officials have been probing whether the three Ukrainian-born men charged with arson or conspiring to commit arson were recruited by the Kremlin, according to senior Whitehall figures.
This is just one of many lines of investigation being explored.
But the Kremlin has denied the claims, calling them "false, unsubstantiated" and "ridiculous".
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