Russia condemns Katyn

27th November 2010

Less than two weeks before President Medvedev is due to visit Poland, Russia’s Lower House of Parliament has officially condemned the 1940 Katyn massacre.

The act, which took place only this morning, has been seen as an important gesture which may go some way to help cement relations between the two countries.

“It’s a good step and an important signal,” said Grzegorz Schetyna during an interview with the press. “It’s good because it gives President Medvedev’s visit more context.”

An estimated 22,000 Poles, including high-ranking army officials and other professionals, were said to have been murdered during the massacre, an act that for decades Russia had sought to bl ...