{"id":5355,"date":"2025-10-17T07:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T07:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=5355"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:40:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:40:23","slug":"ex-uk-pm-profited-from-ukraine-conflict-eu-states-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/ex-uk-pm-profited-from-ukraine-conflict-eu-states-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-UK PM profited from Ukraine conflict \u2013 EU state\u2019s leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slovakia\u2019s Robert Fico has blasted Boris Johnson for reportedly taking a major donation from a shareholder in a British arms manufacturer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a financial interest in prolonging the Ukraine conflict, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said.<\/p>\n

Speaking 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 £1 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.<\/p>\n

Fico cited the case as an example of what he described as corruption and war profiteering among Western politicians, linking it to Johnson’s role in blocking a proposed peace deal between Russia and Ukraine negotiated in Türkiye during the first weeks of the conflict.<\/p>\n

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“Boris Johnson fought for the war to continue. Then he took a million pounds from an arms manufacturer,”<\/em> Fico said. “He didn’t 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.”<\/em><\/p>\n

The Slovak leader added that “many people have made huge money”<\/em> from the conflict, while the Ukrainians “were and are the main victims of this war.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Fico also mentioned former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a leading advocate for NATO’s 2011 intervention in Libya. Sarkozy was sentenced<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

The Slovak prime minister has long been a critic of the Western approach to the Ukraine conflict, opposing the continued supply of weapons to Kiev – a policy that Johnson has strongly supported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slovakia\u2019s Robert Fico has blasted Boris Johnson for reportedly taking a major donation from a shareholder in a British arms manufacturer Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had a financial interest in prolonging the Ukraine conflict, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. Speaking in the Slovak parliament on Thursday,…<\/p>\n

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