PM Kopacz not going to Russia to commemorate victims of Tu-154 crash
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Poland's Prime Minister, Ewa Kopacz is not going to Smoleńsk (Russia) to take part in the events commemorating the fifth anniversary of the tragic crash of the presidential airplane Tu-154, Polish Radio reported. Kopacz will attend the ceremony at the Powązki cemetery in Warsaw.
"Taking into account the political circumstances we have been dealing with in the East, the visit of Polish Prime Minister on the Russian land would be rather inadvisable ," said Marcin Kierwiński, the chief of staff of Ewa Kopacz.
There will be a governmental delegation to Smoleńsk, led by Minister of Culture Małgorzata Olimanowska and the chief of PM chancellery, Jacek Chochocki, Polish Radio also informed.
As many as 96 people died in the crash, including Poland's president Lech Kaczyński and the first lady.
