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New facts about the Smolensk air disaster in 2010

The Editorial Board April 13, 2022

Poland/Russia – On 10 April 2010, a Polish Soviet-made Tupolev Tu-154 carrying President Lech Kaczyński and 88 other members of the Polish elite as well as seven crewmembers, crashed near Smolensk military airport, not far from Katyn, where the Polish delegation had…

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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on a visit to Warsaw

The Editorial Board March 23, 2022

Poland – A direct consequence of the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine is that diplomatic consultations have been intensifying within the European Union. One such consultation occurred when Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki received his Dutch counterpart on Monday, 21 March…

Politics

Polish press reactions to Russia’s appetite for Ukraine

Olivier Bault February 24, 2022

Poland – In Wednesday’s issue of the tabloid Fakt, which is the best-selling national daily in Poland, the announcement that the Russian army will be sent to the breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine, and perhaps soon beyond, is compared to the partitions…

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Viktor Orbán’s meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin

The Editorial Board February 4, 2022

Hungary/Russia – As announced, to the great displeasure of the “united” opposition under Péter Márki-Zay’s guidance, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán went to the Kremlin on Tuesday, 1 February, to meet – for the twelfth time – Russian President Vladimir Putin. The…

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Hungarian opposition calls on Viktor Orbán to cancel meeting with Vladimir Putin

The Editorial Board January 27, 2022

Hungary/Russia – The next meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled for 1 February in Moscow. Due to the growing tensions between Ukraine and Russia, the leaders of the Hungarian united opposition have called on…

Magyar Nemzet

Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin to meet again

Partenaire January 8, 2022

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 8 January 2022. Hungarian-Russian cooperation in various fields may be expanded in the coming year. “This year has been the most successful ever for Hungarian-Russian cooperation” wrote Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in a…

Magyar Nemzet

Sergei Lavrov: Our formula for success stands the test of time

Partenaire August 25, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 25, August 2021. “Cooperation between our countries has reached unparalleled levels” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov in his exclusive interview with Magyar Nemzet. He will visit Budapest on Tuesday at…

Politics

What does Moscow believe in? Russian conservatism is not necessarily the same as Western conservatism

Partenaire April 17, 2021

Article published in the Polish liberal-conservative weekly Do Rzeczy No. 13/418 of March 29. The Kremlin presents itself as the global defender of traditional values. This is not without good reason, but the claim is based on different values than those of a…

Society

The Smolensk Crash and the “Industry of Disdain”

Sébastien Meuwissen April 10, 2021

Poland – On 10 April 2010, the Polish presidential plane crashed on the outskirts of Smolensk in western Russia, claiming the lives of 96 people including Polish president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria. This official delegation was on its way to…

Politics

Auschwitz commemorations in Jerusalem without the President of Poland

The Editorial Board January 25, 2020

By Rafał Ziemkiewicz. Polish President Andrzej Duda announced at the beginning of January that he would not take part in the commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviet Army. The organizers of the commemorations, held on 23…

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Vladimir Putin visited Vienna

The Editorial Board June 6, 2018

Austria - The Russian president Vladimir Putin made a short visit to the Austrian capital this Tuesday where he had a conversation with the Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen, then with the chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) as well as with the…

Politics

Donald Tusk summoned in Poland as a witness concerning a lawsuit about the Smolensk’s air crash

Olivier Bault May 2, 2018

By Olivier Bault. Published originally in French on Reinformation TV on April 24, 2018. Poland - That was not the first time that the President of the European Council Donald Tusk was summoned last Monday concerning the air crash in Smolensk that…