Police reportedly knew Russia recruited Reform leader in 2022

According to a new report from the Nerve, UK authorities knew that Russia had recruited Nathan Gill – Reform’s ex-leader of Wales – in 2022. And as journalist Carole Cadwalladr says, it’s raising questions about why it took so long for the police to charge him.

NEW: Police knew a Kremlin spy ring recruited former leader of Reform Wales at least 3 years ago.

So why was Nathan Gill not charged till Feb this year?

Pls read part 2 of @thenerve_news special investigation into Nathan Gill. And please share!
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— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 18, 2025

Reform – Russia connection

The Nerve is a new outlet established by former Guardian and Observer journalists. In a Twitter thread, Cadwalladr summarised the latest investigation, noting:

Meet the team.

Voloshyn – the man who bribed Nathan Gill – with his wife, Nadia Sass.

In part 2 of @thenerve_news’s investigation, we reveal their tag team approach.

But the UK police knew all this since at least 2022, the same year they fled to Belarus.

So what gives??
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— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 18, 2025

This “husband-and-wife” team was in communication with:

• Politicians ‘across Europe’.
• A British lord.
• Nigel Farage.

We previously reported that Farage initially avoided saying he had anything to do with Gill; he later admitted they were close. Now, it appears that Farage didn’t just know the bribed politician; he also knew the bribers.

Cadwalladr continued:

The long delay of UK police baffles professor @A_SHEKH0VTS0V.

Gill is all over his 2021 report into this pan-European Kremlin spy ring.

The Polish authorities charged his main target, Janusz Niedzwiecki, with espionage that same year.

So what took UK police so long?

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— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 18, 2025

As people have complained, the mainstream media haven’t dedicated much attention to the Reform bribery scandal. If it wasn’t for the recent election of Zack Polanski, we might not have heard about it again (at least not on the BBC, anyway):

If it wasn’t for Green Party’s @ZackPolanski bringing this up on BBC Question Time last week, the vast majority of us would not have been aware of this scandal. And they say the left are the ones putting country in danger? https://t.co/WSyjgPoacF

— Andrew Johns Politics 💚 (@JohnsOnPolitics) October 13, 2025

Cadwalladr is similarly perplexed as to why this story failed to generate media attention:

Seriously.

You think if @Keir_Starmer had been cultivated by this woman, there would be tumbleweed across entire UK media?!?

We are stuck in a right-wing news-sphere & this story proves how dangerous that is.
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— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 18, 2025

It wouldn’t be fair to say there’s been no coverage, of course. Just look at how furious Farage was when this presenter asked him about his connections to Russia:

If you’re a woman, you’ve just been shown how Reform will treat your dignity and rights: Mishal Hussain repeatedly addressed by Farage as “love”as he squirms during questioning around the Reform/Russia scandal. He isn’t fit to lead and our country. pic.twitter.com/vUJu4uQSKb

— Peter Kay (🦋@theonlypeterkay.bsky.social) (@theonlypeterkay) October 18, 2025

What this demonstrates is that we all need to keep asking the question.

You can read much more in part one and part two of the Nerve’s investigation.

Featured image via Nadia Sass