The Kremlin is denying involvement in an arson attack on the private home of United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying any accusation has no grounds.

Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to a Financial Times report that U.K. officials are investigating the possibility that Russia is often a target of blame but that it should be met with presumed skepticism.

“London tends to suspect Russia of anything bad that happens in the U.K.," Peskov told reporters at his regular press briefing Monday. “As a rule, all these suspicions are groundless, unsubstantiated and often laughable.”

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