In February 2020, far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (‘Tommy Robinson’) travelled to Moscow and St Petersburg, giving interviews to Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT and meeting figures linked to Russian nationalist movements. Since then, questions have long swirled about his Russian connections and the sources of his funding amid mounting legal debts.
Byline Times can now reveal that years before that trip to Russia, Robinson was hired as a “goodwill ambassador” for an unregistered charity fronting a secretive Russian propaganda network that worked directly for President Vladimir Putin’s administration, and has ties to a sanctioned Russian state-linked oil giant.
The unregistered charity – the MMBF Trust – is part of a network centred around the London Post.
At first glance, the London Post resembles a local news website covering UK gambling regulations and London restaurant reviews. It has featured articles about Borough Market’s grocery ordering service, and good spots for ramen.
But sources who spoke to Byline Times described it as part of what intelligence analysts call a ‘black PR’ operation: coordinated disinformation campaigns designed to manipulate public opinion while concealing their true sponsors.
Again, sorry, what makes you say that?
I have seen evidence that he met with Russian officials in 2020 including intelligence operatives.
What ties him to Israel or the UAE?
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/us-cash-turned-tommy-robinson-into-the-poster-boy-of-uk-far-right
Am I reading this right?
To me that reads that Robert Shillman is funding both Israeli interests and far right interests.
There’s a link but that doesn’t mean that Israel are doing the funding? Quite the opposite. They’re taking cash from some absolute arsehole who is also funding a load of far right agitators.
Have I missed something? I am not being obtuse.
Robert Shillman is one of the top Zionist billionaires funding pro-Israel and anti-Muslim propagandists all over Europe. Robert Shillman gave the money to Tommy Robbinson to further the Israeli agenda.
You can’t decouple Shillman from his Zionist cause.
Right. I agree with everything you said.
I don’t see this as a problem with Israel though.
This a problem with the way the USA. The way billionaires use their wealth to spread their political beliefs and influence.
Israel is a benefactor, like the far right figures he also bankrolls.
The issue for me is the USA’s failure to police the rich elite and stop them from using their money to meddle in foreign affairs.
It’s been an issue long before Trump and under Trump it’s getting much worse. They are the enemy for me. The oligarchs of America.