The Institute for Statecraft is a pro-democracy think tank[1] founded in 2009 by Christopher Donnelly[2] and Daniel Lafayeedney,[3][4][5] based in Fife, Scotland.
[4] In late 2018, Russian media said that the international hacktivist group Anonymous released documents about the Integrity Initiative, that purported to show the programme was part of a disinformation project to interfere in other countries.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) blamed Russia for the release of documents, which it said were "intended to confuse audiences and discredit an organisation which is working independently to tackle the threat of disinformation".
[16][17][18] Westminster sources said it was highly likely the attack was carried out by the GRU, possibly as revenge for Britain implicating the agency in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal earlier in 2018.
[9] The FCO said the stolen documents included names of Foreign Office-funded projects and lists of friendly journalists.
The Foreign Office minister, Alan Duncan ordered an investigation into the reports and stated "Not only must [anti-Labour attacks by Statecraft] stop, I want to know why on earth it happened in the first place.”[21][22] MP Chris Williamson said that the Integrity Initiative's agenda included the "denigration of the Labour party and Jeremy Corbyn" and called for a parliamentary inquiry.
[23] Shadow Justice Minister Richard Burgon said "the Conservative government in this country shouldn't be using public funds or the state to undermine or attack the official opposition".
I have been special adviser to two Tory defence secretaries, and for Labour’s John Reid and George Robertson, so we are as apolitical as we could be.
The trustees of the Institute then took appropriate steps to comply with their requirements including terminating the charity's involvement with the Integrity Initiative.