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MYSTERIOUS: Echr asks britain to respond to election interference legal claim - What They Never Told You

General view of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, July 26, 2013. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler /File Photo

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday requested a response from the British government to a legal claim brought by three lawmakers who accuse it of failing to properly investigate alleged Russian interference in elections.

The three lawmakers, from the opposition Labour Party, Scottish National Party and Green Party, are the first sitting members of parliament to take the government to the ECHR on the grounds of national security.

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