Recall that on the morning of 10 April 2010 the Polish delegation led by President Lech Kaczynski headed to ceremonies to mark the 70 th anniversary of the execution by the NKVD of Polish officers in the Katyn forest. When landing at the airfield “Smolensk-North” Tu-154 crashed. Killed 96 people: eight crew members and 88 passengers, including the President, his wife Maria and part of the leadership of the country. 12 January 2011, the interstate aviation Committee (IAC) issued a final report on the results of technical investigation according to which the immediate cause of the crash was deemed the decision of the crew of the Polish plane not to leave on spare airdrome, and the system reasons – deficiencies in flight operations and crew training. Still Polish prosecutors and Russian investigators continue to investigate the circumstances of the crash.
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Despite the conclusions of the IAC, in Poland for a long time were very popular variety of “conspiracy theory”. Before the parliamentary elections of 2015, the party “law and Justice” (“IPR”), headed by the brother of the deceased President Jaroslaw Kaczynski actually “appropriated” the tragedy to lay the blame for it on their political opponents and win elections. And, as this strategy proved successful, the Pis came to power, continues to use the disaster for political purposes. And therefore the visit to the scene of the tragedy on the day of her decades were to be held under any circumstances – to demonstrate to voters that no obstacles, including pandemic coronavirus, can’t stop the authorities in their efforts to commemorate the victims of the crash.
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a few days ago the Polish media wrote about the fact that, in spite of everything, the Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and head of the ruling party of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who actually manages country, going to Smolensk. It was assumed that early Friday morning the members of the government delegation, which was reduced to 49 people, including security of the first persons, will arrive on a special flight from Warsaw to the Belarusian city of Vitebsk. From there, they had two buses to go to the Smolensk region. On Thursday, the official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova confirmed that the Polish side has formally requested to assist in organizing the visit of a delegation headed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to Smolensk and Katyn. “In direct contact with our Polish partners we are engaged in the study of this question, given the situation in the world related to the spread of the coronavirus,” she said.
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Meanwhile, Polish newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported, citing its sources in the government that the administration has no confidence that the visit will take place. One of the knowledgeable interlocutors of the edition explained that it is unclear what is the situation with the incidence of coronavirus in Belarus and Russia, in addition, at the airport, which was supposed to land government Board “maintained a liberal regime against Covid-19”. Indeed, in late March, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the situation with the spread of the coronavirus in the country is not to take “draconian measures”. In the country there is a regime of isolation, although the President acknowledged a few days ago that “flash in the incidence of infectious diseases observed at the moment in Vitebsk region”.
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Obviously, the situation caused a very strong concern in the Polish government. But not in the rules of the Polish leaders to go back on their word and recognize that the rejection of such an important memorial and a political sense events caused by Strahome to the disease. Therefore, the head of the Prime Minister’s office said that the trip was postponed indefinitely because of Russia, as the Russian side, according to him, agreed to it verbally only, and has not provided the poles are no written guarantees. This statement caused outrage in the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation where, despite the isolation, there was intensive work on the preparation of the visit of the poles in Smolensk. In comments to the Agency, posted on the website of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw said: “I would Like to remind you that after receiving your request for Warsaw 14 February the Russian foreign Ministry immediately in the response note informed about the readiness of the Russian side to assist in organizing the visit and appealed to the Polish colleagues with the request to provide all the necessary preparation information. Arrived in Russia on March 4 to prepare for the event, advance team said that we are talking about the visit of the Prime Minister of Poland and promised to promptly submit the required information. Full information on the composition of participants and the programme was received only on March 25 thereafter, the composition and size of delegations and other data has changed, which required new approvals”.
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the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia stressed that, despite the difficult situation caused by the pandemic coronavirus, and a very short time, the Russian side showed the highest willingness to interact. “The Russian foreign Ministry and the Russian Embassy in Warsaw during all this time were in close contact with the Polish side. March 30 held a teleconference of representatives of the FSO of Russia and the State security service of Poland, during which were discussed specific questions of the organization of the visit. We have carried out significant preparatory work with the participation of a number of Russian agencies. Were taken difficult decisions on the opening for the Polish delegation in the external borders of Russia. We informed the poles about the direction of a senior Russian delegation to Smolensk, confirming readiness for bilateral contacts.” Russian diplomats in surprise said: “throughout our contacts with the poles in Warsaw has expressed satisfaction with the level of interaction. Instead of gratitude are now dealing with a defiant ingratitude, which remains on the conscience of the Polish politicians who continue to speculate on the Holy theme of those killed in the crash of their citizens”.
