UK absolutely confident that Russian special services tried to steal the Western development of the vaccine for coronavirus. With this statement made on Sunday in interview to TV channel Sky News, the Minister of foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab.
July 16 national cyber security centre UK have published a paper in which numerous reservations were accused of trying to steal information about developing a vaccine against coronavirus in the UK, Canada and USA. This, as found by the intelligence agencies of the three countries, allegedly made the group APT29 that "almost certainly a part of the Russian intelligence services".
"We are quite sure that Russian intelligence agencies were involved in the cyber attack aimed at research and organization in this country and abroad with the purpose or Subversion, or to benefit from the ongoing research activities", said Raab.
"We see this as part of a broader systematic approach to cybersphere from Russia at a time when the whole world comes together and tries to win [the disease caused by a coronavirus new type] COVID-19, including to find a global solution for the vaccine. I think this is outrageous and reprehensible that the government of Russia are involved in this activity", – said the head of the foreign office.
"Together with our allies, we do so that people and organisations know how best to guard against this, but also point to Russia, and we will do so. We will bring Russia to justice and will ensure that the world learns about how unseemly it behaves", said Raab, expressing hope that Moscow will change attributed to her London behavior. "As a leading member of the international community, a permanent member of the UN security Council, Russia needs to be involved in these international cooperation efforts," he said.
Sunday broadcast broadcasting Corporation bi-Bi-si, the Ambassador of Russia Andrey Kelin called nonsense the approval of the security services of the Kingdom of allegedly undertaken by Moscow attempted abductions of data on the development of a vaccine against the new coronavirus. He pointed to the fact that the British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, which manufactures passing clinical trials of the vaccine, developed at Oxford University, has already signed a contract with the Russian "R-Pharm", which is to establish production of the drug in the territory of the Russian Federation, if it will be effective.
Kaelin also added that "in the current world it is impossible to ascribe a hacker attack any country".
