KGB

The murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006 remains a stumbling block between Great Britain and Russia. The killing subsequently led to a number of tit for tat diplomatic expulsions.
 
Earlier that year, in March, myself and a colleague were introduced to Litvinenko by Oleg Gordievsky, former deputy head of KGB. Litvinenko provided information that enabled London MEP Gerard Batten to expose Romano Prodi as a former KGB "asset". I have subsequently taken a personal interest in this killing, which Batten described, quite rightly, as "an act of war".

The process of "lustration" is one whereby former Soviet states are purging their political structures of former KGB assets. This of course often includes former operatitves of domestic secret police and other security service. Nowhere is this being pursued with more vigour than in Lithuania, where former EU Commissioner, now President, Dalia Grybauskaitė is urging more speed and efficiency in the process.