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00:33So what's this really all about?
00:35Well, the so-called drone manufacturer Dmitriev is likely referring to is Christopher Harbourn.
00:41He's a British businessman, political donor and investor with shares in a company which reportedly supplies military equipment to Ukraine.
00:49Two months after Johnson left office in September 2022, Harbourn donated a sum of £1 million to him.
00:55Leaked files also revealed that he accompanied Johnson on a visit to Ukraine, which included meetings with top officials in
01:03September 2023.
01:04The reason why Harbourn took part in the trip remains unclear.
01:07In October, Russian state-owned news agency TASS published an article in which it referred to a report by The
01:14Guardian,
01:14which allegedly stated that Johnson could have advocated prolonging the war in Ukraine.
01:19However, the article listed Johnson's ties to Harbourn and details of their Ukraine trip, but did not speak about an
01:25intent to prolong the war.
01:27These claims have been repeatedly pushed by Russian media, including by state broadcaster Channel One,
01:33which framed its article to suggest that The Guardian had blamed Johnson for the failed 2022 Istanbul peace talks.
01:40In reality, The Guardian did not mention the failed talks or the word bribe.
01:45The idea that the West wants the war in Ukraine is a narrative consistently pushed by the Kremlin to shift
01:50blame for the current invasion.
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