• However, the Russians are openly keen on the UK leaving the EU, why would they stoke up a remain petition?

    Well, a few possible reasons:
    1) They can then use that info to discredit it later (along with all the genuine votes).
    2) They are keen on sowing division and discord and by stoking both sides they promote more acrimony and bitterness.
    3) They just want to make sure everything is confusing and they can hide their more meaningful help in favour of brexit behind a smokescreen of meaningless help with a petition that will be ignored.

  • 2) They are keen on sowing division and discord and by stoking both sides they promote more acrimony and bitterness.

    Mostly this I would suspect. It demonstrates to their own middle class that net based democratic tools won't work.

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