Tragic Reconciliation
Local Russian News In English
On Monday, Russia stood side by side with Poland as it mourns the deaths of its president and ruling elite in a plane crash on Saturday morning. The Polish delegation was making its way to Katyn to commemorate the massacre of Polish officers by Soviet secret police in 1940. This second Polish tragedy on Russian soil has devastated Poland, where a vigil in front of the presidential palace was attended by thousands of Poles. Meanwhile, the response from Russia?s leaders has been sensitive, and their investigation energetic. Might this catastrophe pave the way away from rocky Russian-Polish relations?
Source: Russia Profile.org