安迪·伯纳姆表示，英国当局“明确”认定俄罗斯干预了脱欧公投：这是首相首次确认克里姆林宫介入了2016年公投。
Andy Burnham has said UK authorities are “clear” that there was Russian interference in the Brexit vote: this is the first time a prime minister has confirmed Kremlin involvement in the 2016 referendum.
这位正着手重塑英国与欧盟关系的首相表示，他在今夏入主唐宁街时“询问了这个问题”，并得到了“明确的回答，是的，确实有干预”。
The prime minister, who is embarking on efforts to redraw the UK’s relationship with the European Union, said he “asked the question” when he entered Downing Street this summer and was given “the clear answer that, yes, there was”.
伯纳姆在将于周一发布的《The Rest Is Politics》播客中发言，这为政府在俄罗斯干预指控上实现更大透明度打开了可能性，此前多年来唐宁街一直拒绝确认英国当局知晓克里姆林宫在2016年可能扮演的角色。
Burnham, speaking on The Rest Is Politics podcast, to be released on Monday, opens up the possibility of greater government transparency over allegations of Russian interference, after years in which Downing Street has declined to confirm what UK authorities knew about the part the Kremlin might have played in 2016.
《观察家报》率先披露了源于俄罗斯官员与Leave.EU竞选团队高层人物（包括大额捐赠者阿龙·班克斯）之间一系列会晤的担忧。并未暗示班克斯或任何其他Leave.EU人物从事了不当行为。
The Observer was the first to reveal concerns arising from a series of meetings between Russian officials and senior figures at the Leave. EU campaign, including mega donor Arron Banks. It is not suggested Banks or any other Leave. EU figure was engaged in wrongdoing.
此外，有广泛指控称，俄罗斯政府机构利用网络水军工厂和虚假网络账号操纵社交媒体，在公投前夕影响英国舆论，使其倾向于脱离欧盟。
Separately, there have been widespread allegations that Russian government agencies used troll factories and fake internet accounts to manipulate social media and influence British public opinion in favour of leaving the EU in the run-up to the referendum.
伯纳姆上周在柏林会见了德国总理弗里德里希·默茨，他表示双方讨论了敌对国家构成的日益增长的风险，并称他的同行“对我说德国选择党显然与俄罗斯有关联——据我了解是获得了资助”。
Burnham, who last week met the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in Berlin, said the pair discussed the growing risks posed by hostile states, and that his counterpart “was saying to me that the AfD [Alternative für Deutschland] are clearly linked to Russia – funded, I believe”.
他在播客中补充道：“确实有错误信息、虚假信息从俄罗斯流向德国政治……但我入主唐宁街时问了这个问题：2016年公投是否有来自俄罗斯的干预？我得到了明确的回答，是的，确实有。”
Speaking on the podcast, he added: “There is certainly misinformation, disinformation that is emanating from Russia into German politics… But I asked the question coming to Downing Street: was there interference in the 2016 referendum from Russia? And I’ve had the clear answer that yes, there was.
我是说，现在把这些事情明确记录下来很重要，我相信这有助于德国和法国的选民明白，其中一些政治是由我们的敌人挑起的，也就是俄罗斯。伯纳姆表示，这个国家一直“过于被动”，这意味着选民没有“充分了解……海外势力试图干扰政治进程的程度”。
“I mean, these things are important now to put clearly on the record and, I believe, help voters in Germany and France understand that some of this politics is instigated via our enemies, namely Russia.”Burnham said the country had been “too much on the back foot”, which meant voters had not been “informed… sufficiently about the extent to which people are seeking to disrupt the political process from overseas”.
在两周前于联合国发表讲话时，伯纳姆谈到了俄罗斯对英国民主的干涉，但未讨论脱欧公投。他说：“我们有证据表明他们试图干涉2019年大选。我们还知道他们试图在可怕事件之后制造紧张和动荡。”2020年关于俄罗斯的报告由议会情报和安全委员会（ISC）撰写，在出版前被大幅删减，报告称无法得出结论，因为：“我们未收到任何关于俄罗斯干涉尝试的公投后评估。”ISC要求进行进一步评估并公开一份“非机密摘要”的请求，时任鲍里斯·约翰逊领导的政府予以拒绝。
Speaking at the UN a fortnight ago, Burnham touched on Russian interference in UK democracy without discussing the Brexit vote. He said: “We have evidence that they tried to interfere with the 2019 general election. We also know that they have tried to stoke tensions and unrest in the wake of horrific events.”The 2020 Russia report, written by parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC) and heavily redacted before publication, said it was unable to reach a conclusion because: “We have not been provided with any post-referendum assessment of Russian attempts at interference.”The ISC’s request for a further assessment to be carried out, with an “unclassified summary” to be made public, was rejected by the Boris Johnson-led government of the time.
2016年公投不在菲利普·赖克罗夫特最近关于外国财政影响和干涉的审查范围之内，尽管这位高级公务员指出，英国一直是“来自俄罗斯、中国和伊朗国家某些元素的长期战略外国干涉和间谍活动的目标”。
The 2016 referendum was outside the scope of Philip Rycroft’s recent review of foreign financial influence and interference, although the senior civil servant noted that the UK was “a target of long-term strategic foreign interference and espionage from elements of the Russian, Chinese and Iranian states”.
2018年，《观察家报》揭露，Leave.EU的领导人在2015年11月至2017年期间多次与高级俄罗斯官员会面，并于2016年2月访问了莫斯科。
In 2018, The Observer revealed that leaders of Leave.EU had held multiple meetings with high-ranking Russian officials between November 2015 and 2017, and made a trip to Moscow in February 2016.
班克斯一再否认与俄罗斯官员有任何关系，或称俄罗斯资金在脱欧运动中发挥了任何作用。
Banks has repeatedly denied any involvement with Russian officials, or that Russian money played any part in the Brexit campaign.
2018年晚些时候，当时的《星期日泰晤士报》记者伊莎贝尔·奥克斯霍特暗示，克里姆林宫可能“实际上赚了一笔”通过与班克斯建立关系——他后来成为脱欧运动的最大单一捐款人——以及另一位脱欧联盟运动人士安迪·威格莫尔。她补充道：“我的分析是，班克斯和威格莫尔被俄罗斯人无耻地利用了。”
Later in 2018, the then Sunday Times journalist Isabel Oakeshott suggested that the Kremlin might have “literally struck gold” in forging a relationship with Banks – who would go on to become the biggest single donor to Brexit – and fellow Leave.EU campaigner Andy Wigmore. “My analysis is that Banks and Wigmore were shamelessly used by the Russians,” she added.
班克斯曾接受选举委员会的调查，该委员会随后将此事移交给国家犯罪局（NCA）。
Banks was investigated by the Electoral Commission, which referred the matter to the National Crime Agency (NCA).
在被问及向脱欧联盟运动贷款的800万英镑“真实来源”时，班克斯对BBC表示：“没有俄罗斯资金，也没有任何形式的干涉。我想对此绝对明确。这笔钱来自Rock Services，这是一家英国有限公司。”国家犯罪局随后表示“未发现刑事犯罪的证据”。2019年10月，班克斯威胁因诽谤将选举委员会告上法庭，但在次年双方达成和解。
Questioned over the “true source” of £8m loaned to the Leave.EU campaign, Banks told the BBC: “There was no Russian money and no interference of any type. I want to be absolutely clear about that. The money came from Rock Services, which was a UK limited company.”The NCA subsequently found “no evidence” of criminal offences. Banks threatened to take the Electoral Commission to court for defamation in October 2019, before the two sides settled the following year.
唐宁街发言人拒绝就首相简报的性质发表评论，但表示：“国家安全是任何政府的首要职责——我们致力于保护我们的公民和机构免受外国势力及其代理人的威胁，这些势力试图危及生命并破坏我们的民主价值观。”
A Downing Street spokesperson declined to comment on the nature of the prime minister’s briefing but said: “National security is the first duty of any government – we are focused on ensuring our citizens and our institutions are protected from foreign powers and their proxies seeking to threaten lives and undermine our democratic values.”
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