One of Nigel Farage's most prominent supporters has repeatedly called for closer ties with the Kremlin, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Jonathan Mappin – who this weekend hosted a Reform rally where candidates were 'all cheering' Farage's controversial comments about the West being to blame for Russia's invasion of Ukraine – has said 'being friends with Putin is very smart. We love him'.
Mappin, 59, an heir to the Mappin and Webb jewellery family and a practising Scientologist, has previously employed Farage on the advisory board of his company, Dutch Green Business.
Outrage over Nigel Farage's claim that the West was to blame for Russia's invasion of Ukraine also deepened last night with President Zelensky's office accusing him of being infected by the 'virus of Putinism'.
The extraordinary intervention adds force to the growing backlash against the Reform leader's claim that EU and Nato expansion had given Vladimir Putin a reason to justify war.
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