Russia to reveal Katyn secrets?

19th March 2010

All eyes will be on how Putin handles the ceremony

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The Russian media is speculating over the outcome of the meeting between Donald Tusk and Vladimir Putin at the upcoming Katyn massacre ceremony next month.

In 1940, Over 20,000 Polish officers were murdered by the NKVD (People’s Ministry of Internal Affairs) and the massacre has long been a source of tension between the nations.

“Katyn is probably the most painful problem that Russia inherited from the Soviet Union,” writes historical journalist Leonid Mleczin. “In both countries, people are waiting to hear what our government has to say.”

According to Mleczin, the best way for Russia to draw a line under the horrific events is for the government to
identify those respon ...

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