PiS points finger at Russians

2nd July 2011

The ‘White Book’ has again highlighted the divided opinion on the causes of last year’s crash

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A Law and Justice report into the Smolensk disaster which lays the blame squarely on Russia and which was published this week has been dismissed as “lies, nonsense and manipulation” by Poland’s chief air-accident investigator.

The report, dubbed the White Book (Biala Ksiega), was launched at a Law and Justice (PiS) press conference hosted by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the bereaved brother of the late President Lech Kaczynski, and Law & Justice (PiS) firebrand Antoni Macierewicz.

In contrast with the official Russian accident report that blamed Polish pilot error for the crash the White Book blames the disaster on Russia, claiming that Smolensk air-traffic control had knowingly led the p ...

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