Helen Szamuely (25 June 1950 – 5 April 2017) was a Soviet-born British historian and Eurosceptic who was a researcher for the Bruges Group and founder of the Anti-Federalist League.

[1][2] After the Maastricht Treaty was signed in 1992, she organised monthly meetings at the Red Lion near Parliament to discuss Europe.

For many years Szamuely was a researcher and political brief writer in the House of Lords, working with peers on EU issues regarding Russia and Turkey.

She was a campaigner for release of political prisoners in the Soviet Union, including the poet Nizametdin Akhmetov, whose work she translated.

[2][1] She was a founder member of the Anti-Federalist League, the forerunner to the UK Independence Party (Ukip).