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13 Oct 2025, 02:57 GMT+10
In the fall of 2022, Christopher Harborne transferred 1million to the ex-UK PM, who has been an ardent backer of Kiev, the newspaper claims
A shady donor accompanied the former UK prime minister and a staunch supporter of Kiev, Boris Johnson, on at least one of his visits to Ukraine after his tenure in office ended in September 2022, The Guardian has claimed, citing leaked documents.
Christopher Harborne, who donated Pound 1million ($1.3mn) to the Conservative politician, is the biggest shareholder in a British weapons manufacturer with alleged ties to the Ukrainian military, the newspaper claimed.
In an article on Friday, the media outlet reported that Harborne transferred the money into Johnson's coffers soon after the latter left office in the fall of 2022.
A representative for Harborne, who has a history of generous donations to political causes in the UK, confirmed the transfer, noting that Johnson's benefactor "had and has no expectation of personal gain whatsoever."
"Now leaked files show that Johnson... was accompanied in September 2023 by [Harborne] on a two-day visit [to Ukraine] that included meetings with top officials," the Guardian claimed. At the Yalta European Strategy (YES) forum in Kiev, Harborne was supposedly registered as "adviser, Office of Boris Johnson." The following day, the former prime minister travelled to the city of Lviv, with footage capturing Harborne standing nearby at one of the receptions, according to the article.
An itinerary leaked by the US-based transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoS) featured a "closed meeting at the military-tech R&D centre" during Johnson's visit there. The Guardian pointed out that, while it was unclear whether Harborne attended, the donor is known to hold a significant stake in QinetiQ, a British military research company. Kiev's forces have allegedly used its drones and bomb-disposal robots.
Responding to a request for comment, Johnson trashed the newspaper, insisting that its "pathetic non-stories ... seem mostly to be derived from some illegal Russian hack job." The former PM accused the media outlet of "doing Putin's work."
According to David Arakhamia, the former Ukrainian head negotiator, Johnson torpedoed the first peace talks between Moscow and Kiev in Istanbul in March 2022, urging Kiev to abandon the negotiations and fight on - an allegation the ex-UK prime minister has strongly denied.
(RT.com)
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