There were also allegations that the KGB was behind the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in 1981 . The Italian Mitrokhin Commission , headed by senator Paolo Guzzanti ( Forza Italia ) , worked on the Mitrokhin Archives from 2003 to March 2006 . The Italian Mitrokhin commission received criticism during and after its existence . It was closed in March 2006 without any proof brought to its various controversial allegations , including the claim that Romano Prodi , former and current Prime minister of Italy and former President of the European Commission , was the " KGB 's man in Europe . " One of Guzzanti 's informers , Mario Scaramella , was arrested for defamation and arms trading at the end of 2006
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