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All of Poland mourned for Lech Kaczynski and his wife after the crash last year (Photo: Piotr Pawlowski)

Poland-Russia honeymoon ends after plane crash report

The recent process of reconciliation between Poland and its historical foe, Russia, has stalled after Polish leader Donald Tusk threatened to call an international enquiry over the Smolensk plane crash.

"If talks do not yield a joint position we will take recourse to international institutions. I hope that there will be no need to take recourse to the arduous and potentially long-lasting international appeal procedures, but the Polish side will consider all the possibilities which are g...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

All of Poland mourned for Lech Kaczynski and his wife after the crash last year (Photo: Piotr Pawlowski)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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