One of Jeremy Corbyn’s top aides has been barred from entering the Ukraine after he was deemed a national security risk with links to Vladimir Putin’s ‘global propaganda network’. Andrew Murray, a former Communist party member and longstanding ally of the Labour leader, was given a three-year ban from the country in June, reports the Mail on Sunday. As a result of what was dubbed the Euromaidan Revolution, Putin annexed Crimea and deployed Russian forces in Ukraine, sparking a civil war in the Donbass region. In response Murray helped form the ‘Solidarity with the Antifascist Resistance in Ukraine’ which pinned the blame on the crisis on the pro-Western government and “fascists”. HuffPost UK last week reported he and another Corbyn aide, Iram Awan, have been working in the Labour leader’s office without required security clearance.

Source: Huffington Post September 16, 2018 18:56 UTC