KGB and the Red Brigades: No Ties that Bind
For decades, Italian media has been convinced that Moscow and Prague, or both, were behind the Italian terrorist violence of the 1970s. . So far, declassified Cold War-era documents debunk such notions, bad news for a country that likes entertaining conspiracies and conspiracy theorists. . Most dossiers suggest that Moscow had only a primitive understanding of Italian domestic affairs in the so called “Years of Lead,” despite the strength of the Italian Communist Party.
For decades, Italian media has been convinced that Moscow and Prague, or both, were behind the Italian terrorist violence of the 1970s. . So far, declassified Cold War-era documents debunk such notions, bad news for a country that likes entertaining conspiracies and conspiracy theorists. . Most dossiers suggest that Moscow had only a primitive understanding of Italian domestic affairs in the so called “Years of Lead,” despite the strength of the Italian Communist Party.
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