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.