Russians refuse to grant TVP access to satellite to broadcast cemetery opening

The official opening of Miednoje cemetery, the site of the massacre of Polish officers by Soviet secret services in the 1940s, has been set for Sept. 2. It is however, not as yet clear whether Telewizja Polska (TVP) will broadcast the ceremony as the Russian authorities are refusing to give the relevant permits for use of their satellite. Similar ceremonies to officially open the Katyn and Charkow cemeteries were also not broadcast by TVP, a situation that spurred the angry Katyn families to demand the dismissal of TVP president Robert Kwiatkowski. Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek will officiate at the ceremony. (Rzeczpospolita, page A3)