Politics · 22 November 2025
Former Reform UK Wales Leader Nathan Gill Sentenced to 10.5 Years for Pro-Russian Bribery
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Nathan Gill, 52, former Reform UK leader in Wales and ex-MEP, was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery. Between December 2018 and July 2019, Gill accepted approximately £40,000 from pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Oleg Voloshyn to make scripted pro-Kremlin statements in the European Parliament and media outlets. The judge described it as a grave betrayal of public trust that undermined democratic institutions.
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