President Kwasniewski has little to show for visit with Russian counterpart

President Aleksander Kwasniewski's visit to Russia was a complete failure, said the political scientists polled by the right-wing daily Zycie. The President did not manage to obtain any concrete declarations. Russian president Vladimir Putin did not give the exact date of his planned visit to Poland, and remained evasive as to whether he will take part in the official opening of the cemetery in Katyn, where Polish soldiers murdered by the Red Army are buried. The talks revolved around the planned construction of second part of the gas pipeline to connect Russia, Poland and Slovakia. Kwasniewski believes the plans are more economic than political and should continue even without Polish direct participation. (Zycie, page 5, Rzeczpospolita, page 1) P.S.