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Reform UK Aide Challenged on BBC Question Time Over Ex-Welsh Leader’s Russian Bribery Case

The on-air exchange followed Nathan Gill’s guilty plea to taking payments to promote narratives favourable to Russian interests.

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Overview

  • Green Party leader Zack Polanski pressed Zia Yusuf about Nathan Gill and alleged party links to the Kremlin before host Fiona Bruce moved the programme on.
  • Yusuf said he has never met Gill and argued Nigel Farage cannot be responsible for the actions of people he has been photographed with.
  • Gill, a former UKIP and Brexit Party MEP who briefly led Reform UK in Wales, admitted eight bribery counts for conduct between December 2018 and July 2019.
  • Prosecutors said Gill accepted money from Oleg Voloshyn and used parliamentary speeches and TV appearances to support channels linked to Viktor Medvedchuk.
  • The Metropolitan Police’s counter-terrorism command said an elected MEP was paid to push narratives beneficial to Russian interests, with sentencing scheduled for next month.