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Originally Posted by Pierre
I'm not a Farage Fan boy, but neither do I dislike him. From your first link (which was from 2014)
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Doesn't come across as "pro" Russian to me.
From the second link also 9 years old, which basically just has a go at him for being on RT, back in the day quotes him.
Which more of an attack on the British Government, rather than a love for Putin.
And from Ben's link - in which there is no pro-Russian comments at all.
So I do not see anyone beholden to Russia, nor detect any pro-Russia sentiment.
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You're just not looking hard enough. Farage appeared regularly on Russia Today, whose own editor described it as a "weapon" of the Russian state. Russia, 9 years ago, is the same Russia as today, nothing has changed unless you think Russia 9 years ago was a land of Sunshine and Puppies where Putin was a latter day Mother Teresa.
Farage was paid by RT - the Russian state - for appearances over years.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics...exit-questions
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RT recognised Farage’s value way back in 2011. An ex-Ukip insider tells me how RT’s London correspondent “practically lived inside Ukip’s offices. They targeted Gerard Batten first [the current leader of Ukip] and then Farage. They loved it. RT would ask them on every week. They’d talk about anything.” Batten did not respond to the Observer’s questions about his relationship with RT.
Farage is “phenomenally useful for the Russian government,” Ben Nimmo, a leading researcher into Russian online propaganda, tells me. “The thing about RT is that they are completely open about what it is. The editor-in-chief has described it as ‘information warfare’. She has said it’s as much a part of Russia’s arsenal as its ministry of defence.”
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Farage was, and still is, Putin's useful idiot.
And yes, I equate admiring Putin as being pro-Russia, YMMV ...