“Not since the height of Stalinist repressions have so many of the country’s best and brightest perished.” That was how The Economist described the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others aboard a Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft that was attempting to land at a fog-bound airport in Smolensk, western Russia, on April 10.The delegation was due to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the World War II Katyn Forest murder of thousands of Polish army officers who had b…
