The plot was exciting to start with. Assassination attempt on a senior ex-FSB officer, in London of all places. Hints on connection to the assassination of Russian journalist, thallium, Italian informer – in short, all the elements of a robust thriller.
But now the ante is significantly higher. It is not a journalist, even as famous and as controversial one as Anna Politkovskaya was. The accusing finger is pointed at no more and no less than Romano Prodi, according to this sensational clip from the European Parliament.
UKIP MEP Gerard Batten reveals some interesting information given to him by ex Soviet Agent Alexander Litvinenko concerning Romano Prodi the Prime Minister of Italy and ex-European Commission president. Mr Litvinenko was recently poisoned in a murder attempt in London.
Of course, it could easily be another FSB provocation, in the best traditions of good old KGB. But in any case the story bears watching.
(By the way – could somebody from UK explain that apparent oxymoron: what does a UKIP member do in European Parliament?)
Many thanks to nic.
Update: the thallium that went into Litvinenko’s stomach seems to be radioactive, according to the latest news. This is not your run of the mill rat poison anymore, its XXI century, people!
Cross-posted on SimplyJews
You ask, “what does a UKIP member do in European Parliament?”
A couple of years ago Brian Micklethwait posted on this subject here in Samizdata.
“If all they did at elections was announce the winner, like on Oscar night, this “wasted vote” argument might have some force. But as it is, every vote is not only counted, but every total is announced, and scrutinised, and analysed. Any detectable surges of opinion are most definitely taken into account, even if only by the Big Parties concocting some different lies to replace their old ones.”
Another parallel: although not all people describing themselves as Scottish and Welsh Nationalists want the dissolution of the UK, but some do, and some of those have seats at Westminster. I suppose the idea is that if they gain most of the seats for Scotland/Wales they will have moral authority to secede.