Russia and Poland can improve their relations

Now that Polish President Lech Kaczyński has been buried the tense relations between Poles and Russians could improve, writes the daily Delo: "Now we can hope that out of respect for the victims of the accident politicians from both sides will stop their manipulating. After this second Katyn tragedy it is high time Poles and Russians started being open with each other. It is commendable that Russian Prime Minister Putin attended the memorial service in Katyn and expressed his regret. Less commendable is his claim that the Katyn massacre ... was an act of revenge for the murder of Russian prisoners of war. Such cheap excuses have long annoyed Polish politicians and they generally react accordingly. Will the new generation of Russian and Polish politicians be able to break this vicious circle?"

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