Swedish Radio documentary The KGB agent and the smuggling of oil wins Prix Europa
The revelation that the top echelon of the political leadership in Belarus, including president Viktor Lukashenko, supported illegal oil-smuggling to Europe was not only big news in Sweden. It also had considerable impact internationally, which was acknowledged on Friday night by the Prix Europa jury. Daniel Velasco and Daniel Öhman receiving the Prix Europa (PHOTO: Prix Europa) A former KGB agent from Belarus came forward to tell the Swedish Radio’s investigative reporters Daniel Öhman, Daniel Velasco and freelance journalist Per Shapiro the story of how the most senior political