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Putin attends Katyn memorial ceremony
Russia’s prime minister Vladimir Putin, right, and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk walk past a wall inscribed with the names of killed Polish officers during a commemoration ceremony at a memorial complex at Katyn, about 350km west of Moscow, April 7 2010.
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk take part in an event commemorating the 1940 Katyn massacre, in which the Soviet NKWD killed tens of thousands of Polish officers, police and other PoWs, in Katyn forest near Smolensk.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attended a memorial ceremony Wednesday for 22,000 Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet security forces during World War II.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accompanied Mr. Putin at the joint commemoration of the April 1940 Katyn massacre, near the modern-day Russian city of Smolensk.
Mr. Putin said for 50 years, the Soviets told what he called "cynical lies" to cover up the truth about Katyn.
Prime Minister Tusk urged Mr. Putin to ensure that all Soviet-era archives related to the massacre are open to researchers.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement that the meeting of the Polish and Russian leaders is a sign of hope for a bright and peaceful future.
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered his secret police to execute 22,000 captured Polish army officers and other prisoners of war. The killings took place in several locations, but Katyn has become the chief symbol of loss.
Russia blamed the killings on Nazi Germany until former Soviet President Mihkail Gorbachev admitted in 1990 that the crimes had been committed by Stalin's dreaded secret police - the forerunner of the KGB.
Source: VOANews
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk accompanied Mr. Putin at the joint commemoration of the April 1940 Katyn massacre, near the modern-day Russian city of Smolensk.
Mr. Putin said for 50 years, the Soviets told what he called "cynical lies" to cover up the truth about Katyn.
Prime Minister Tusk urged Mr. Putin to ensure that all Soviet-era archives related to the massacre are open to researchers.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement that the meeting of the Polish and Russian leaders is a sign of hope for a bright and peaceful future.
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ordered his secret police to execute 22,000 captured Polish army officers and other prisoners of war. The killings took place in several locations, but Katyn has become the chief symbol of loss.
Russia blamed the killings on Nazi Germany until former Soviet President Mihkail Gorbachev admitted in 1990 that the crimes had been committed by Stalin's dreaded secret police - the forerunner of the KGB.
Source: VOANews
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From what I have read about Putin, he is still a KGB agent and I do not trust him. Could it be the airplane was sabotaged?
That's because there is a facade of denial in Islam
Valeri
Very well said
Armenian Genocide and Pogroms
against Christians
Same calibrated damn excuse as the Soviets gave back in Stalin days.
Don't forget the Serbs. Don't forget your cousins right across the border, who murdered 8,000 just a few years ago. Don't forget. NEVER FORGET!
"Mr. Putin said for 50 years, the Soviets told what he called "cynical lies" to cover up the truth about Katyn."
I wanna see the Turks own up to their crimes like that. I wonder if it's even possible within the Muslim context - remorse, regret and repentance.
Another proof of how western the Russians are compared to any one in the Islamic world...