First tantalising redaction of the #RussiaReport:

Big #RussiaReport finding – we need new laws "to tackle espionage, the illicit financial dealings of the Russian elite and the ‘enablers’ who support this activity".

Will the government bring them forward?

Not surprising but an important confirmation: Russia has been making efforts to hack UK critical infrastructure. #RussiaReport

Tackling Russia always tricky as the state works with organised crime groups – making it hard to pinpoint who did what, and what's a state action or not. #RussiaReport

Important footnote on Russian disinformation #RussiaReport

Quite startling: no UK agency wants to be responsible for protecting UK elections from disinformation operations.

That *urgently* needs fixing. #RussiaReport

Another big deal – the ISC recommends MI5 is put in charge of protecting elections from foreign disinformation operations.

A bigger role for MI5 in elections could easily be used *as part of* an information op – so this is very risky. #RussiaReport

Ouch. The government's Defending Democracy programme "seems to have been afforded a rather low priority … a foreign power seeking to interfere in our democratic processes – whether it is successful or not – cannot be taken lightly" #RussiaReport

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The ISC asked MI5 for evidence on Russian interference on Brexit. "In response to our request for written evidence at the outset of the Inquiry, MI5 initially provided just six lines of text." #RussiaReport

Head in the sand?

You can't fight what you can't see and you can't see what you can't look for – the UK intelligence agencies seem to simply have not been looking for evidence on electoral interference through hack and leak, bots, misinformation, etc. #RussiaReport

Another big thing: the ISC says the UK's intelligence agencies should do a retroactive investigation into Russian interference on Brexit and publish a public summary. #RussiaReport.

Damning: "a wide sphere of the British establishment – PR firms, charities, political interests, academia and cultural institutions were all willing beneficiaries of Russian money, contributing to a ‘reputation laundering’ process" #RussiaReport

And here's your headline: "Russian influence in the UK is ‘the new normal’" #RussiaReport

If I were a betting man, I'd suspect this was the paragraph that caused the most worry on embarrassment, given that was a suspected reason for delay. #RussiaReport

Calls for a UK foreign agent registration act.

The ISC asked for information on the 14 deaths reported by @BuzzFeedNewsUK's "From Russia With Blood" investigation.

We don't get to see the answers. #RussiaReport.

Sidenote: "***" is a redaction of any length, not three characters.

ISC finds successive governments have underestimated the threat from Russia, and under-resourced the fight against it. #RussiaReport.

ISC appears to endorse calls to replace the Official Secrets Act with an Espionage Act – this resurfaces frequently and could be a serious threat to journalism, if not properly kept in check.

Big hint that the UK could / should do more to boost the intelligence capabilities of countries allied to us which border with Russia.

Good news coming for Estonia? #RussiaReport

Final thought for this thread: whoever pre-briefed the Scottish independence stuff is an absolute idiot.

This is the sole mention in the whole report. #RussiaReport.