'I had nothing to do with it': Britain's new Man in Europe denies involvement in Russian 'dirty' dossier scandal as his incredible links with British spy behind the document are revealed

Sir Tim Barrow's identify entered the body after his unbelievable hyperlinks to the ex-MI6 agent named because the writer of the salacious doc got here to mild

Britain's new ambassador to the EU has at present advised bosses he 'had nothing to do with' the Russian 'soiled' file on Donald Trump – as MailOnline reveals his exceptional hyperlinks to the previous British spy who compiled the doc. 

Sir Tim Barrow's identify entered the body as a possible candidate for the previous British Ambassador to Moscow mentioned to have handed the incendiary file to US Senator John McCain. The ambassador has not but been publicly recognized.

Sir Tim held the put up of Ambassador to Russia between 2011 and 2015, but in addition served in Moscow alongside ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele within the early 1990s. The pair shared an workplace on the previous British embassy - now the ambassador's official residence - throughout the Moscow River from the Kremlin.

Sir Tim is the one former Russian Ambassador nonetheless working as a diplomat for the British Authorities. He has denied being the supply of the leak and is known to have advised bosses he had 'nothing to do with it'.

Nevertheless, MailOnline can reveal he has shut hyperlinks to Steele, the ex-MI6 agent named because the writer of the salacious doc. 

Plagued by spelling errors, the file contains an unsubstantiated and far-fetched declare that Trump watched prostitutes carry out a 'golden bathe (urination) present' within the Presidential Suite of a Moscow resort.

Sir Tim and Steele are believed to have first crossed paths virtually 30 years in the past within the cramped environment of a Moscow workplace.

Lacking: Steele, 52, was seen fleeing his gated Surrey residence (pictured) in his automotive yesterday and seems to have been in such a rush a lot of the lights had been left on

And ever since, the profession trajectories of Steele and Sir Tim have been remarkably related.

They labored collectively for 3 years throughout a momentous interval that noticed the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, having been posted to the previous British embassy - now the ambassador's official residence - throughout the Moscow River from the Kremlin.

Steele, an ex-MI6 agent named because the writer of the salacious Russian file containing outlandish claims about Donald Trump's intercourse life, was listed as a second secretary (Chancery) between 1990 to 1993.

Scandal: The previous British spy Christopher Steele, who's alleged to have compiled a 'soiled' file smearing Donald Trump, fled his £1.5million residence in worry final night time and could possibly be overseas

Throughout the identical interval, Sir Tim - then a younger diplomat - was despatched to the nation as Second Secretary, a time he would later look again on fondly by saying in 2011: 'I've good reminiscences of working in Moscow within the early nineties.'

Each Sir Tim and Steele returned to the Overseas Workplace the identical 12 months, 1993, with the previous named Head of Russia Part and latter the second and later first secretary.

It's unclear how shut a bond the 2 shaped throughout their time working collectively, however each have since hit the headlines over the area of simply a few weeks.

Sir Tim, 52, a former envoy to Moscow with a profession as a diplomat spanning three a long time, was confirmed by the Authorities as the brand new UK ambassador to the EU initially of the EU.

His appointment got here after Sir Ivan Rogers's sudden resignation from the position, during which he urged fellow civil servants to supply neutral recommendation and stand as much as 'ill-founded arguments and muddled pondering' of politicians in a fiery letter.

And final night time Steele was named as the person who wrote a 35-page briefing containing outlandish claims about Trump's intercourse life and weird footage allegedly held by the Kremlin's blackmail unit.

He has since vanished after fleeing his £1.5million mansion in worry and telling his neighbour: 'Take care of my cat.'

Sir Tim (left) a former envoy to Moscow with a profession as a diplomat spanning three a long time, was confirmed by the Authorities as the brand new UK ambassador to the EU initially of the EU

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