Contents tagged with Smolensk air crash
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Poland to open investigation to determine why so few autopsies were carried out for victims of Smolensk plane crash
According to the representative from the National Prosecutor’s Office press service, Eva Bialik, the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office has initiated an investigation into the lack of autopsies after the Smolensk tragedy in Poland, Polish Radio reports.
The office is investigating why some autopsies were not carried out in Poland and who is responsible.
According to Bialik, six years ago in Poland autopsy reports were accepted from Moscow, but examinations from Wroclaw Medical University …
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Poland to publish correspondence pertaining to visit of deceased President to Smolensk
Poland was able to reconstruct e-mails concerning the planning of the visit of the late President, Lech Kaczynski, to Katyn. These materials will now be published, the Foreign Minister, Witold Waszczykowski, said.
In September he indicated that this information would be published in a few days, however, just before the publishing date, he relayed on Polish radio that it would be delayed due to the appearance of new documents.
"At the time, there were only paper documents found in the archives, …
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German journalist: The crash of Kaczynski's Tu-154 was a terrorist attack
German journalist, Jürgen Roth, believes that the cause of the 2010 plane crash near Smolensk was a terrorist attack committed by Russian security services. The journalist is convinced that it was ordered by a high-ranking Polish politician.
According to Gazeta Polska, Roth's book titled ‘Smolensk 2010: The plot that changed the world’ will be published in November. The author makes reference to secret material of the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND). These documents allegedly …
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Smolensk investigative committee accuses Russia of manipulating data in Tu-154 crash
The Polish Smolensk Crash Commission, which has been investigating the causes of the Tu-154M aircraft crash in Smolensk that killed former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, presented the results of its work that indicate that data about the crash was manipulated by Russia and previous Commissions, Polish Radio reported. The Minister of National Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, stated that Russians found the black box of the presidential aircraft a few minutes after the crash, listened to …
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Poland has found recording of conversation between Donald Tusk and Russian leadership on day of Tu-154 crash
Poland has uncovered new information about the circumstances surrounding the plane crash near Smolensk. According to the Polish Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, the former Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, talked to the representatives of Russian leadership on the day of tragedy. Tusk didn’t inform anyone about this talk, Russia's RIA Novosti reported.
Macierewicz said there is a record of a secret conversation between Tusk, Vladimir Putin, Sergey Shoygu and Dmitry …
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Polish Defense Minister: Russia's aggression against Ukraine is a 'clash of civilizations'
Poland’s Minister of National Defense, Antoni Macierewicz, believes that Russia's aggression towards Ukraine, terrorism and the migration crisis are all elements of a clash of civilizations.
According to Interia news agency, he said this addressing the participants of an international conference in Washington.
The news agency reported that Macierewicz has not ruled out the possibility that Moscow supports the Islamic terrorists’ plans to destabilize the West.
He stressed that the “collision …
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Researchers find cigarette butt in the lungs of Smolensk plane crash victim during autopsy
A cigarette butt was found in the lungs of the former President of Poland in exile, Ryszard Kaczorowski. This was discovered during the exhumation of the bodies of the victims of the Smolensk tragedy by Polish experts, who considered the autopsies conducted by Russia to be unreliable, Polish Radio reports.
Earlier, new evidence from the Sub-Commission on the investigation of the crash were presented in Poland. However, the causes of the deaths of 80 victims of the crash still remain unknown. …
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Commission says black boxes from Smolensk plane crash were 'rigged'
The black box recordings from the Tu-154M that crashed near Smolensk in 2010 were rigged and many of the documents that are relevant to the case were hidden, as stated by experts of the sub-Commission on Investigation of the Smolensk disaster, Polish Radio reported.
A segment of the Polish registrars was deleted and a segment from a Russian registrar was inserted into its place. The withdrawn piece contained information about engine problems, as well as issues with generators and radio …
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Researchers accuse Russia of manipulating data of Smolensk plane crash
The commission investigating the plane crash near Smolensk has evidence of Russia’s tampering with some data relating to the tragedy, according to the commission’s chairperson, Wacław Berczyński. Ukrinform reported the chairperson’s comments during a press-conference in Warsaw.
"Collecting the data, we are also trying to determine its credibility because we received a lot of data, for example, from Russian, i.e. foreign sources. We have already found evidence that some data was manipulated,” …
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Polish Defense Minister accuses Russia of planning plane crash near Smolensk that killed President Kaczynski
Previously unknown materials related to the crash near Smolensk in 2010, which killed 96 people including Polish President Lech Kaczyński, will soon be unveiled in Poland.
This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, Radio Poland reports.
According to the minister, these materials include new recordings of conversations from the crew of the crashed Tu-154. In particular, he said, evidence will be presented that will prove that “the purpose of the actions of …