The Starmer Fires: The Russian Connection - Panorama
The Starmer Fires: The Russian Connection
Season 2026
In May last year, three arson attacks targeted the Prime Minister with two properties and a car set alight. But who lit the fires and why? Daniel De Simone investigates and finds the shadowy figures behind the attacks were also behind fake far-right groups trying to stoke hatred and division in the UK. The fires fit a pattern in which hostile states such as Russia are increasingly using proxies here to do their dirty work. So could Russia be behind the Starmer fires?
The Starmer Fires: The Russian Connection - Panorama airs on BBC Two England at 3:00 AM, Saturday 20 June. (Subtitles, repeat, sign language.)
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News ➝ Current Affairs
Daniel De Simone
Reporter
Tom Jenner
Director
Eleanor Plowden
Producer