Végső nyugalomra helyezték Lech Kaczynskit és feleségét

Krakkóban számos lengyel és külföldi állami, politikai vezető és több tízezer gyászoló részvétele mellett ünnepélyes állami temetéssel helyezték örök nyugalomra vasárnap délután a repülőgép-szerencsétlenség áldozatául esett Lech Kaczynski elnököt és hitvesét, Mariát.

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In this Aug. 12, 2008, file photo, Polish President Lech Kaczynski speaks to the media prior to boarding his plane at the military airport in Warsaw. (Alik Keplicz/Associated Press)

Polish President Lech Kaczynski is dead, along with his wife, the head of Poland’s central bank and other senior government officials, after the plane they were in crashed Saturday in western Russia in thick fog.

Now the Poles have another reason never to forget the Katyn massacre

The timing of the plane crash that has killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his entourage could not come at a worse time for Russo-Polish relations. The president and his official party were on their way to attend a memorial service for the Katyn massacre when their plane crashed as it made its final approach to Smolensk airport.

Katyn Massacre Memorial: Photo by Smolensk Memoryal (Alyeksyey Melkin) released into the public doman via Wikiwedia Commons
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