Voloshyn has been accused of overseeing a spy network which attempted to recruit members of the European Parliament.

In 2025 Nathan Gill, a former MEP for the Brexit Party, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Voloshyn to make pro-Russian statements on eight occasions in 2018 and 2019.

After Gill’s conviction, WhatsApp messages between him and Voloshyn were disclosed in which Voloshyn discussed paying bribes to another MEP, variously referred to as “David” and “D”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleh_Voloshyn

Back in 2014, Nigel Farage was asked what politician he admires the most.

He replied: “Vladimir Putin”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/mar/31/farage-i-admire-putin

Nothing to see here. Don’t worry… 🤡

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      No shit. There was only one political motive for Brexit: to destabilise Europe. Guess who would benefit the most of it?

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        Remember that British media had always portrait Europe negatively. The population was prepared. The question is, has Farage abused that setup and the elite opposed Brexit, or is he the lightning rod for a decision that other people made?

        My impression is that the elite is not using all their power to undo the decision now so they likely were not opposing it then. That Putin paid for it is just the icing on the cake.

        We want to believe that Brexit was wrong because if it was strategically the right decision then we can expect bad times ahead for the EU.

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          Remember that British media had always portrait Europe negatively.

          By “British” media, are you including the newspapers owned by foreign influences like Rupert Murdoch and Evgeny Lebvedev and non-doms like Viscount Rothermere, and the TV channels owned by foreign chains like Paramount (5), Comcast (Sky) and Liberty Global (itv)?

          Much big British media isn’t actually very British and sometimes doesn’t particularly seem to have our country’s interests at heart, especially when facing something like the EU that is actually big enough to start trying to regulate international media messes, instead of relying on a few media companies to help get or stay elected.

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            By “British” media, are you including the newspapers owned by foreign influences

            You mean Brexit comes down to foreign billionaires with no links to the elite who have pushed Brexit to avoid EU oversight of their media corporations?

            When has the British elite lost its power that this is possible?

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              They’re saying the average British citizen isn’t in the business of portraying the rest of Europe unfavorable so much as foreign (and domestic) financial influence pushes those topics to drive the average british citizen to agree with those standpoints.

              It’d be silly to think it’s ONLY domestic rich assholes are making waves when we know GLOBAL rich assholes like to play in everyone’s pond.

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                If it was a majorly foreign campaign, wouldn’t there be adjustments in laws and ownership to prevent such an influence to ever happen again?

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                  Why would the rich people prevent other rich people from assisting them in screwing over poor people to get more rich?

                  The club isn’t sectioned off by nationality at that level, it’s by net worth

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    Gill hasn’t been arrested.

    He’s been convicted and is serving a 10 year jail term as a proven Russian asset.

    I can’t wait to see Farage follow him.