There are many instances of Johnson acting in an odd fashion with regard to the Russians.
When he was Foreign Secretary, the security services were so concerned about his behaviour, they witheld sensitive information from him as they perceived him to be a genuine security risk. His position wasn't helped when he slipped away from his protection officers and went to attend a party in Italy hosted by a KGB agent. When he went there, the Sailsbury poisoning carried out by two Russian agents had just taken place.
As PM, he constantly and consistently refused to allow the security services permission to investigate the influence of Russian interference into general elections and the brexit referendum, and whatever report was placed in front of him, he determindly blocked the findings from being published.
During the Partygate investigation, it became clear state secrets had been written down in his notebooks, which was the reason they were seized. Many people had stated those notebooks were left lying around all over the place for anyone to read.
He recently bought a house for £4.5M, which isn't too shabby for a bloke claiming penury while he was PM, but is it beyond reason those same notebooks would have been left all over his house for anyone to read, including, one would suppose, cleaners from Russia?
There is a dark side to Johnson. He's not the chirpy chap so beloved of his followers. He has a nasty streak a mile wide according to those that know him, and why would you slip quietly away from your minders to party with arch enemies of the state?
