A University of Leeds professor has hit back at claims that he is acting as a "useful idiot" for pro-Putin forces.
Ray Bush, a retired professor of African Studies and Development Politics at the University of Leeds, was one of several academics named by government officials on Monday. It comes following suggestions that he was promoting "propaganda" in support of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
In education questions on Monday, chairman of the Commons Education Committee Robert Halfon said that an investigation by LBC had exposed “pro-Putinist propaganda at some of our leading universities”.
