Politics: Jeremy Corbyn’s criticism of Theresa May over Britain’s strikes on Syria, and on the poisoning of the Skripals sees him become the Russian media’s darling

JEREMY Corbyn is grabbing the headlines in Russia with his criticism of Theresa May over Britain’s air.

The Labour leader’s critics will see the lavish praise and prominence as evidence that his opposition to the military action is giving succour to Moscow.

He was branded Vladimir Putin’s puppet after refusing to accept the Kremlin was behind the nerve agent attack in Salisbury last month.

And its official newspaper headlined its story over the weekend: “UK Labour Party Leader Doubts Legality of West’s Strike on Syria.”

And television channel REN TV ran a web report on how Mr Corbyn “condemned the air strike on Syria”.

The station – owned by a company headed by Mr Putin’s suspected lover and retired gold-medal winning gymnast Alina Kabaeva – picked up on his warning that Britain’s action could lead to a “deterioration” in the region.

Mr Corbyn was accused of being “more worried about upsetting Russia than preventing chemical weapon attacks” by a former tory minister yesterday – after he again failed to back the strikes on Syria.

And the Kremlin-funded Sputnik news agency leapt on his criticism of the UK Government, declaring: “Labour Party Leader Slams May for Striking Syria Without Parliament Approval.”

The Labour boss also called for the Organisation for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons to provide proof that Assad was behind the attack in Douma.

It led Sputnik to write: “UK’s Corbyn Wants Vote to Give OPCQ Chance to Probe Syria Chem Claims”.

Meanwhile, state news agency ITAR-TASS ran a story under the headline: “May should have consulted parliament before strikes on Syria, says Jeremy Corbyn.”

He was praised for saying Britain shouldn’t take orders from Washington, and used his words in a report that claimed  the chemical bombing was “fake news”, citing the Russian Foreign Ministry.

The state-run Channel One juxtaposed Mrs May’s statement about the raids on Syria with that of Mr Corbyn calling the strikes as “legally questionable”.

And it also cited the Labour leader approvingly in a report that arguing the Skripals were poisoned by Britain with poison manufactured in Porton Down to divert attention from “unsuccessful Brexit talks”.