前英国IP政治人物内森·吉尔(Nathan Gill)因受贿而被定罪,罪名是接受与俄罗斯有关的付款以宣传亲莫斯科的数字。
Former UKIP politician Nathan Gill convicted of bribery for accepting Russian-linked payments to promote pro-Moscow figures.
前英国独立党和英国改革党政治家Nathan Gill在伦敦法院被定罪,罪名是8项贿赂罪,罪名是接受亲俄罗斯的乌克兰立法者Oleg Voloshyn的付款,以宣传与俄罗斯结盟的媒体和Viktor Medvedchuk这样的人物。
Nathan Gill, a former UK Independence Party and Reform UK politician, was convicted in a London court on eight counts of bribery for accepting payments from Oleg Voloshyn, a pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker, to promote Russian-aligned media and figures like Viktor Medvedchuk.
检察官指称,在2018年至2021年期间,他通过“WhessApp”信息获得至少10,000欧元的工资,以便在乌克兰112电视频道发表有利的言论,并影响其他欧洲立法者。
Prosecutors allege he was paid at least €10,000 via WhatsApp messages between 2018 and 2021 to make favorable statements on Ukrainian TV channel 112 and influence other European lawmakers.
在Gill的邀请下,另外两个布莱斯特党的MEP在不知道付款的情况下出席了与Medvedchuk的会议。
Two other Brexit Party MEPs attended a meeting with Medvedchuk at Gill’s invitation, unaware of the payments.
Voloshyn因据称与联邦安全局有联系而遭英国和美国制裁,否认俄罗斯参与其中。
Voloshyn, sanctioned by the UK and US for alleged FSB ties, denied Russian involvement.
该案引起了对外国干涉欧洲政治的关切,特别是在乌克兰战争期间,尽管Gill没有因外国影响受到指控。
The case has raised concerns about foreign interference in European politics, particularly during the war in Ukraine, though Gill has not been charged in connection with foreign influence.