Prime Minister Vladimir Putin"s speech was...
version was based on a lie, then the whole system was built on a lie and must be dismantled.Regrettably, new myths are cropping up in today"s Poland. The biggest myth has to do with "the threat from the East." The Kaczynski brothers - the president and former prime minister - have spoken freely about this danger, and until recently, Poland was under their sway.
One of the brothers, Lech, is still the president. In the last few weeks, he openly expressed his jealousy of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who was invited by Putin to visit Katyn. Until this year, memorial ceremonies at the graves of the Polish officers at Katyn were a strictly Polish affair. Polish presidents and ministers visited the site but unofficially. These were almost family events with the officers" relatives in attendance.
This is the first ceremony attended by Russian leaders but not the Polish president. Kaczynski"s stated intention to visit Katyn three days later with the relatives of
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