Did Russia interfere in Brexit vote?

[struggle4progress]

... Addressing Parliament yesterday, Bradshaw cited "widespread concern over foreign and particularly Russian interference in Western democracies". He said there were also questions surrounding the wealth of Arron Banks - described by The Guardian as "the entrepreneur who bankrolled Brexit".

Bradshaw cited "very worrying" reports by the OpenDemocracy website into funding of the Leave campaign. The site claims Banks contributed £9.6m to the Leave movement even though he was in financial trouble at the time - leading to questions about the source of the money ...

Earlier this year, OpenDemocracy also claimed that a £435,000 donation to the Leave campaign was made through Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), whose MPs are now propping up Theresa May’s minority government.

The DUP has only confirmed that the allegedly “illegal” donation existed ...

http://www.theweek.co.uk/brexit/89146/dark-money-did-russia-interfere-in-brexit-vote

[Irish_Dem]

1. Putin is a criminal mastermind with a global strategy.

Voting results which benefit him should be suspect.

Creating chaos, disrupting unity, breaking up power blocks, etc. are all in his playbook.

I think Putin has been vastly underestimated.
He is a genius.

[Freethinker65]

2. Yep

[moda253]

3. Does a bear shit in the woods?

Sorry to be crass....but....

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Bob Mercer

spent several millions on the Brexit voters. Understand there is a ton of evidence of Facebook twitter BOT's,and how the Russians perfected the BOT network.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

5. Think About This

When ALL the polls were showing that Brexit would be voted down, there was Trump, telling you that the polls were wrong and he would get what he wanted. The polls were wrong and he got what he wanted.

When ALL the polls showed Trump getting TROUNCED in the election, there he was telling us all that the polls were wrong and he was going to win (even told us the States he was going to win--States like Michigan and Wisconsin, that a Republican hasn't won in decades).

So you tell me. Did Russia interfere, and did Trump know about it? How ELSE could he have been so confident when the polls (polls that have been ridiculously accurate for years upon years upon years) all showed doom for both? What's the common thread here?