Putin’s Brit ‘Lord Haw Haw’ who interrogated UK PoW is given official sanctuary in Russia after career as Kremlin puppet

A BRIT dubbed Vladimir Putin's "Lord Haw Haw" has been fixed authoritative sanctuary successful Russia aft years of spreading Kremlin propaganda.

Former YouTuber Graham Phillips was deed with UK Government sanctions successful 2022 aft helium was accused of spending his vocation arsenic a Kremlin puppet and interrogating a British Prisoner of War.

Nottingham-born Phillips describes himself arsenic an autarkic writer who acts with "complete integrity" connected each stories.

But helium was banned from Ukraine successful 2014 and wide condemned successful April 2022 aft helium interviewed Putin's PoW Aiden Aslin.

MP Robert Jenrick accused him of committing a warfare crime with the interrogation arsenic Aslin - serving successful Ukraine's subject astatine the clip - was handcuffed and covered successful bruises.

Russian troops snatched Aslin arsenic helium was warring arsenic a Ukrainian Marine successful Mariupol astatine the commencement of the invasion.

Jenrick said the interview, which was uploaded to Phillips' YouTube channel, was a "flagrant breach of the Geneva Convention" and a propaganda piece.

The 45-minute video saw Phillips statement Aslin arsenic a "mercenary" and told him helium could look the decease punishment for helping Ukraine.

Aiden spoke connected Phillips aft helium was released saying: “He spoke to maine similar my destiny had been sealed.

"It was similar helium knew I was going to beryllium executed."

In the 2 years since helium was sanctioned pursuing Vlad's onshore drawback Phillips is believed to person stayed adjacent to Russia.

This week his loyalty to the Kremlin earned him an authoritative passport arsenic helium took asylum successful Russia.

The authoritative Russian Embassy to the UK congratulated Phillips connected his asylum done a station connected X.

They shared a video of Phillips being fixed his Russian passport and signing ineligible documents confirming his asylum.

The footage was followed by a connection that elaborate his concern portion blasting the UK Government.

It said: “He had to use for it portion being extrajudicially sanctioned by his ain UK Government for telling the information astir crimes of the Kiev authorities successful Donbass successful an enactment of gross usurpation of freedom of speech.

“He was frankincense near successful ineligible limbo, chopped disconnected from his funds successful Britain and efficaciously prevented from travelling to his location state that helium ne'er wanted to wantonness successful the archetypal place.

“Now, Graham Phillips tin persevere successful his brave journalistic ngo without feeling astir stateless.

“We privation him the champion of luck successful this noble endeavour.”

Phillips tried to combat the sanctions successful 2023 but a court rejected his entreaty astatine the commencement of the year.

Mr Justice Johnson labelled the Brit's punishment for supporting Russia arsenic "legitimate, rational and proportionate".

When helium made the last verdict, Mr Johnson said: "The claimant decided to acceptable his look against an overwhelming planetary consensus.

"To align himself with Russia’s penetration of Ukraine, to question to the frontline, and to assistance Russia combat its propaganda war.

"He has not shown immoderate journalistic work oregon ethics.

"His actions straight enactment Russia successful its policies oregon actions that destabilise Ukraine."

After helium was fixed the sanctions, Phillips was rapidly compared to a fig of different men and fixed the moniker of Lord Haw Haw.

During World War II a fig of radical were handed the nickname for spreading far-right Nazi propaganda from Germany to the UK.

One of the astir well-known men to beryllium dubbed Lord Haw-Haw was William Joyce - an American-born facist.

He lived successful England until the commencement of the deadly warfare erstwhile helium moved to Germany before gaining citizenship successful 1940.

He was seen arsenic the voice of the British Union of Fascists passim the fighting.

Following his seizure helium was sentenced to decease aft being convicted of precocious treason.