KYIV, Ukraine – The ghosts of the Cold War are everywhere these days in Ukraine, but sometimes they can appear anew as flesh and blood. Many in the West may have forgotten, but defectors were a key propaganda prize through the long standoff with the old Soviet Union.Ukrainian officials may be hard-pressed these days to compete with the onslaught of Russian online and television messaging, but they are happy to show off one of their prizes: Former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Lt. Illya Bogdanov.Bogdanov defected last year and has appeared at news conferences in Ukraine spouting opposition to Russian …read more
Source: National Newswatch
