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Errol Musk funds far-right Tommy Robinson's Russia trip

7/12/2026

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Errol Musk used the Musk Foundation to fund far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s trip to Russia.
Robinson traveled with Musk, posted a Moscow hotel video urging anti-migration protests after a Belfast knife attack, and had his phones seized by British police upon return.
Professor Stephan Lewandowsky said the trip illustrates Russia’s hybrid-war tactic of recruiting far-right actors and coincided with a Russian-hosted event for Andrew Tate and a St Peterburg ultra-nationalist summit.

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Errol Musk used the Musk Foundation to fund far-right activist Tommy Robinson’s trip to Russia.
Robinson traveled with Musk, posted a Moscow hotel video urging anti-migration protests after a Belfast knife attack, and had his phones seized by British police upon return.
Professor Stephan Lewandowsky said the trip illustrates Russia’s hybrid-war tactic of recruiting far-right actors and coincided with a Russian-hosted event for Andrew Tate and a St Peterburg ultra-nationalist summit.