The EC existed before. It is most likely that some KGB/FSB agents sit in Brussels.

The context: Vladimir is in on the shitlist of the Western economic giants (and their captive governments and press) because he put a brake on the systematic ripoff of Russia inaugurated under a corrupt and compliant Boris Yeltsin. Little Cold War II has begun, and — after the gas supply flap — the press had gleefully seized upon the polonium affair to carry the battle onto Russian soil. I can tell you right now that the Scotland Yard “investigation” in Russia will fizzle into nothing, not because of Russian stonewalling, but simply because the Litvenko affair is, despite its partly-Russian cast of characters, a Western European matter.

Although Scotland Yard is being forced by the GB/US press into conductiong a charade of an investion in Russia, please note that they are keeping that phony-”professor,” phony-”academic,” phony-”environmental consultant,” phony-”security consultant” non-Russian Scaramella under armed guard. This is, of course, “for his protection.” Mr. Scaramella is an industrious con man who has duped almost everyone (including his Forza Italia employers and, so far, the British press), but his story is unraveling. My prediction? After Scotland Yard has concluded its dog-and-pony show in Russia, it will start turning the screws on Scaramella. It might take a while, because he’s a professionally slippery fellow. But that’s when we will start learning the truth.

1) Strawman. I nowhere said that Prodi is an innocent, only that no-one has provided any evidence that he was a Soviet agent.

2) Anyone with basic knowledge of Italian politics could tell you that Moro was an advocate of bringing the Communist Party into government. He was kidnapped by the extreme-left: this was the Brezhnev period, the apogee of Soviet conservatism. I recommend brief basic study into the Soviet Union’s view of the far-left: Kronstadt, Barcelona, etc.

3) There has been a denial: Prodi has threatened to sue.

4) Logical impossibility: how could a state that didn’t exist after 1991 infiltrate an institution that was created in 1992?

5) The British press uninterested in spy allegations? Google “Melita Norwood”.

He was implicated in the murder of Aldo Moro, the former Italian PM.

He told the police where Moro’s body was to be found. When they asked him how he had known where the body was, he said that the information came to him during a seance.

It was in April 2006 that Litvinenko stated that Prodi was a KGB agent. It was announced by Batten in the EU parliament at the time. So far, no denial has been made.

Clearly there is much dirt flying around now and many attempts to discredit Litvinenko. What is quite extraordinary is the way the British media are handling this. The possibility of KGB penetration of European capitals and the EU is not mentioned. It’s all ‘Shit Happens – But Only In Russia’. I’m not so sure.