Considering the current febrile state of relations between the UK’s Tory government and Russia, and the fact that we know the Conservatives have taken a huge amount of money in donations, this can be filed under: “What the-?”

A 2013 article on the website of Russian State News Agency TASS claims that not long after a close friend of Vladimir Putin, Vasily Shestakov met David Cameron at a Tory Party fundraiser, the former Tory leader “approved” of the creation of a pro-Russian PR organisation created by two pro-Putin Tory Party donors, Timothy Lewin, David Burnside:

Source: Russia: pro-Putin PR organisation was created by Tory Party donors and “approved” by David Cameron | Pride’s Purge

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