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Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales admits taking Russian bribes
- Nathan Gill pleads guilty in court
- Made pro-Kremlin speeches & appearances for Russian cash
- Sat alongside Farage in European Parliament at time
NATHAN Gill – Reform UK’s former leader in Wales, previously one of Nigel Farage’s fellow MEPs – has pleaded guilty in court to accepting bribes to make pro-Russia statements while serving in the European Parliament.
He is expected to be jailed.
Gill admitted receiving money from Oleg Voloshyn – “a pawn of Russian intelligence services”, say the US State Department.
Gill then made speeches and media appearances echoing the Kremlin line, and organised an event with a pro-Russian politician.
Gill had described Farage as a “friend and colleague”. This is one of numerous photos of them together.
This photo has also emerged of Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.
Farage denies any prior knowledge of the bribe to Gill.
Asked about his judgment of character, Mr Farage said: “Have you ever been let down by a person? Have you been let down and betrayed? Every single political party has a bad apple. In fact, many families finish up with a bad apple, these things happen.”
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Photos show Farage’s further Russian connections
Asked by a journalist in 2017 about his meetings with Russian officials, Mr Farage denied having had any. He then admitted to having met in 2013 the then Russian Ambassador, Alexander Yakovenko. The Russian Embassy website had published the above photo of the meeting.
This was one of Farage’s 17 appearances on RT (Russia Today), Russian state mouthpiece, between 2010 and 2014. He did not deny being paid. RT is now banned in the UK.
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The world leader Farage admires? “Putin – as an operator”
WHEN Nigel Farage was asked which world leader he admired, he replied: “Vladimir Putin. As an operator, but not as a human being.”
BBC Radio 5 Live pressed him to name what he had admired about “the murderous dictator”, Farage answered: “How many years has he been in power?”
In October 2025 the Telegraph published a column entitled: “NIGEL FARAGE HAS A RUSSIA PROBLEM“.
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Farage: West “provoked” Russia into invading Ukraine
NIGEL Farage drew criticism after suggesting the West had “provoked” Russia’s invasion of Ukraine through eastward expansion of NATO and the EU.
He told the BBC the war was “of course” Putin’s fault, but added the expansion had given the Russian president “a reason to tell his people ‘they’re coming for us again’”.
Former NATO Secretary-General Lord Robertson told LBC: “That is total nonsense, and sort of typical of the far-right, of which Farage is part, cuddling up to the Kremlin with their propaganda.”
