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Under the constitution, new presidential elections will have to be held, and replacements will also need to be found for the chief of Poland's military and the deputy minister of foreign affairs, as well as scores of other officials who were on that flight. How the tragedy will effect relations between Poland and Russia will depend a lot on how Russia handles the investigation of the crash alongside Polish authorities. For his part, Putin is traveling to Smolensk on Saturday to help oversee the inquiry and meet with Tusk, who has also said he is coming to the scene...
...Poland has launched a week of national mourning, following the devastating plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife as well as several other top-ranking officials. Ninety-six passengers were killed after the aged Russian aircraft, a Tupolev Tu-154, plunged into a forest near the airport in the Russian city of Smolensk. The Polish officials were there to mark the 70th anniversary of a massacre of Polish officers. (Read a 1951 story on the Katyn Forest Massacre...
...prime minister cried when he learnt the news," said Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski who informed Polish premier Donald Tusk, the leader of Poland's government, about the catastrophe...
Poles on Saturday were laying flowers and praying in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw as they began to mourn the deaths. Churches around the country announced services to commemorate the dead during a week of national mourning. (Read a TIME story on Poland and Russia...
...Polish delegation was en route to commemorate thousands of Polish prisoners of war and intellectuals murdered at Katyn by Soviet forces in spring 1940, in an enduring symbol for Poles of their suffering under Soviet rule. The passengers included Poland's Army chief of staff, central banker, deputy foreign minister, deputy parliamentary speaker, several parliament members, generals and bishops as well as relatives of victims of the Katyn massacres...