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Disgraced ex-Reform Wales leader who took pro-Russian bribes must pay £22k
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been ordered to pay more than £22,500 after accepting bribes to make pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.
Gill, 53, of Llangefni on Anglesey, was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison in November 2025 after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery under the Bribery Act 2010.
He is thought to have received up to £40,000 to help pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine, while he was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).
At the Old Bailey on Thursday he was given six months to sell a rental property to pay the money to the UK government, or face a further nine months in prison.
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While a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Gill had accepted money from Oleg Voloshyn, 44, a man once described by the US government as a "pawn" of Russian secret services.
Voloshyn was acting on behalf of a "close friend" of Vladimir Putin - Viktor Medvedchuk, 71, a former oligarch and pro-Russian Ukrainian politician who was the source of the requests and the cash.
In return for money, Gill gave speeches in the European Parliament and interviews to a now closed, pro-Russian TV channel in Ukraine.
He was the first British politician sentenced for the offence.