Disgraced ex-Reform Wales leader who took pro-Russian bribes must pay £22k
Summary
Nathan Gill, the former leader of Reform UK in Wales and a former Member of the European Parliament, was ordered to pay over £22,500 after admitting to accepting bribes to give speeches supporting pro-Russian views. He was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for bribery related to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.Key Facts
- Nathan Gill was sentenced to 10.5 years in prison in November 2025 for eight counts of bribery.
- He accepted up to £40,000 from individuals connected to pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.
- The bribes came from Oleg Voloshyn, who acted for Viktor Medvedchuk, a close ally of Vladimir Putin.
- Gill gave speeches in the European Parliament and interviews to a pro-Russian Ukrainian TV channel in return for money.
- He was the first British politician convicted for this kind of bribery.
- The court gave him six months to sell a rental property to pay over £22,592 to the UK government or face more prison time.
- Gill was an MEP from 2014 to 2020 for UKIP and then the Brexit Party and briefly a member of the Welsh Parliament.
- Medvedchuk, linked to the bribes, was detained by Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion and later exchanged in a prisoner swap.
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