The Deputy Prime Minister told LBC Radio: “I was extraordinarily surprised - if not shocked - that he agrees with Vladimir Putin. To somehow suggest that because of Nigel Farage’s loathing of the European Union - that is the reason why Ukrainian protesters sought to reclaim their own freedom and their own country on the streets of Kiev. I just think it’s really insulting to those people in Kiev who were simply standing up for values that we should share and support.