Russian visit stirs mixed reactions

13th December 2010

Medvedev's recent visit has been hailed as a step forward by the Polish President

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The Russian president jetted into Poland this week on a state visit hoping to build on warming relations between the two historical foes.

Mr Medvedev arrived in Warsaw to a reception much different to that which greeted the visit of Vladimir Putin, then Russian president, in 2002.

Then the bloody history between the two nations and mutual distrust clouded the relationship, but this time Mr Medvedev was quick to praise an apparent new understanding between the two countries.

“Today is a great day in Polish-Russian relations,” said the Russian president. “The spirit of our relations is changing.

“For a very long time the ghosts of the past loomed over those relations. It do ...

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