Slovakia\u2019s Robert Fico has blasted Boris Johnson for reportedly taking a major donation from a shareholder in a British arms manufacturer<\/p>\n
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a financial interest in prolonging the Ukraine conflict, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.
\nSpeaking in the Slovak parliament on Thursday, Fico referenced recent reports in the British press that tied Johnson to businessman Christopher Harborne, whose portfolio includes arms manufacturing. Harborne reportedly donated \u00a31 million ($1.34 million) to Johnson after he left office in late 2022 and accompanied him on at least one visit to Kiev the following year.
\nFico cited the case as an example of what he described as corruption and war profiteering among Western politicians, linking it to Johnson\u2019s role in blocking a proposed peace deal between Russia and Ukraine negotiated in T\u00fcrkiye during the first weeks of the conflict.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBoris Johnson fought for the war to continue. Then he took a million pounds from an arms manufacturer,\u201d Fico said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t want to end the war because he knew he had a friend who would give him money and in return he would help him with weapons in Ukraine.\u201d
\nThe Slovak leader added that \u201cmany people have made huge money\u201d from the conflict, while the Ukrainians \u201cwere and are the main victims of this war.\u201d
\nFico also mentioned former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a leading advocate for NATO\u2019s 2011 intervention in Libya. Sarkozy was sentenced in September to five years in prison for illegal campaign financing tied to donations from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown and summarily executed during the NATO intervention.
\nThe Slovak prime minister has long been a critic of the Western approach to the Ukraine conflict, opposing the continued supply of weapons to Kiev \u2013 a policy that Johnson has strongly supported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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