29/03/2025
"Long before the Brexit referendum, Moscow had given succour to the then principal advocate of Britain leaving the EU, UKIP. Nigel Farage, then the UKIP leader, appeared regularly on the Russian propaganda TV channel RT. UKIP’s agitation played a major role in the referendum being called in the first place. "
1. I am Associate Professor of Russian Politics and Society at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), University College London. I have lectured at SSEES on Russian affairs for 31 years. Prior to that I lectured at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and then was a resea...
