Thursday, December 14, 2017

Russian President Putin 'Tired' Of Hearing Allegations From Warsaw That Moscow Is Responsible For A 2010 Plane Crash That Killed Then Polish President Lech Kaczynski

© Maxim Shemetov/TASS

Reuters: Putin says Poland should "grow up" and stop blaming Moscow for air crash

MOSCOW/WARSAW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was tired of hearing allegations from Warsaw that a 2010 plane crash that killed then Polish President Lech Kaczynski was the result of a Russian conspiracy, drawing a sharp rebuke from Warsaw.

Responding to a question from a Polish reporter at an annual news conference, Putin said it was time for Poland to move beyond the plane crash, turn a new page, and “grow up”.

A Polish Air Force Tu-154 plane crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk on April 10, 2010, killing all 96 people on board, including President Kaczynski, whose twin brother Jaroslaw is now the leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party, in power since 2015.

A previous Polish government concluded that pilot error was to blame for the crash, but Law and Justice ordered a new investigation which concluded this year that the plane was brought down by explosions on board.

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Update: Putin castigates Poland’s attempt to blame Russia for presidential air crash as ‘bluff’ (TASS).

WNU Editor: This is what is getting Russian President Putin upset .... Polish official says Putin responsible for 2010 plane crash (National Post/AP).

1 comment:

B.Poster said...

Prior to Ukraine behaving stupidly I had stated that Poland is the world's most insane country. Ukraine has overtaken Poland in terms of insanity but Poland is not far behind.

Putin is right. Poland does need to "grow up." He apparently he views their behavior as akin to that of a small child. Maybe he is right. Perhaps they are stark raving mad. Either way they need to grow up. If this is a case of insanity, they need to seek counseling. Hence they need to "grow up."