The Polish President was returning from a ceremony at the site of the Katyn atrocity which Russia finally admiteed responsibility in 1990. According to the Telegraph in the UK, Poland President Lech Kaczynski was a patriot: a man who never collaborated with the dictators or accepted the occupation of his country by the Red Army.
Some Polish politicians, who had made occasional compromises – muting their criticism in return for being allowed to take up foreign postings, for example – found his purism uncomfortable. But ordinary Poles admired Kaczynski, and elected him with a handsome majority.
This is truly a sad day for the people of Poland. President Lech Kaczynski will certainly dominate the news for the weeks to come, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Poland.
