Current Russian secret police supremo somewhere in Western Europe (6)

I believe the answer is:

iberia

'somewhere in western europe' is the definition.

'current russian secret police supremo' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'i' (symbol for electric current).
'russian secret police supremo' becomes 'beria' (Lavrentiy Beria).
'i'+'beria'='IBERIA'

(Other definitions for iberia that I've seen before include "Where Juan possibly lives" , "SW European peninsula" , "Mediterranean peninsula" , "old part of Europe" , "European peninsula comprising Spain and Portugal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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