Step up the battle against Moscow's saboteurs

RUSSIAN funding of spies aiming to sabotage Britain must be treated like the funnelling of cash to jihadis, ministers have been told.

- By Michael Knowles

And the Government was urged to tell bank bosses and crypto firms to include Kremlin sabotage operations in a "re-energised" effort to crack down on terrorist financing.

Moscow's intelligence agencies hire criminals on social media to carry out arson attacks, often paying with crypto.