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Ex-Brexit Party MEP pleads guilty in Russia bribe case
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The former Welsh leader of Nigel Farage’s right-wing party Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes in exchange for making pro-Russia statements while a member of the European Parliament.
Nathan Gill on Friday pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery between December 2018 and July 2019 and is expected to face jail time, according to his barrister.
Gill, who was an MEP in Brussels from July 2014 until January 2020 for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and then the Brexit Party, admitted to taking money in exchange for pro-Russia statements from Oleg Voloshyn, an ex-Ukrainian MP sanctioned by the U.S. for working with the Kremlin. Gill left Reform UK, the successor to the Brexit Party, in May 2021 after failing to win a seat in the Welsh parliament.
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The comments are among the German chancellor’s sharpest critiques of the European Commission, which is led by his party colleague Ursula von der Leyen.
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