An investigation by the European Parliament into the distribution to MEPs of a controversial book that accuses the president of Lithuania of having worked for the KGB has prompted accusations of a smear campaign by the Russian government.
In December, copies of “Red Dalia”, a highly critical biography of Dalia Grybauskaite, were placed in the pigeonholes of almost every MEP.
Antanas Guoga, a liberal Lithuanian MEP, filed a complaint about unauthorised distribution of material from outside the Parliament, which was placed in MEPs’ pigeonholes, in violation of the Parliament’s rules. The investigation found that the book was distributed by Kevin Ellul Bonici, …read more
Source: European Voice
