well as you can see just behind me home from the moon is here with the smolinski can i continue to come here to the. very sites where the plane crashed down a year ago to pay their respects and a little earlier at ten forty one am local time that the actual time that the plane crashed a small remembered service was held here and it is of course follows on from yesterday were on a couple of others the rifles the polish president was here with the families of the victims to attend a larger memorial service where prayers were said and candles were lit they then also moved on to the sides of the cantina massacre and a very similar timetable will be followed here on monday by questions the dead of and come out of steve and of course all of this is an opportunity for those who seem to cause and reflect and really mourn the ninety six who died on that one five four that was bound for smolensk of formal saw commemorate the seventieth anniversary old the kathleen massacre on board was of course the british probably lech kaczynski his wife you can volunteer in chief of the polish air force and po

beneath that image there live bronislaw komorowski are in smolinski today to pay their respects to the victims of that fatal plane crash that killed the polish president lech kaczynski a year ago sunday april tenth that marks one year exactly to the day that that steeple of one five crashed in the trees just behind me killing all ninety six on board those included the polish president his wife the chief of the air force and military chief making the situation even more poignant is the reason why that plane had taken off from warsaw and that was for the polish delegation to attend the seventieth anniversary of the canteen massacre when over twenty thousand poles were killed by soviet secret police something the soviet union had previously denied so the event was to be a real milestone in the symbolic easing of previously tense relations between poland and russia but since that plane crash we have seen a very public and very united to splay of grief from both poland and russia and today underlined up there with both presidents here together attending a small poignance and quiet ceremony

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just behind me at the actual suddenly solve the crash through throughout the day more days here and smolinski both russian and polish should be coming here to pay their respects in the russian capital moscow the russian first lady said nan amid that of the late her own flowers and page her room respects outside the polish embassy and this is of course follows on from yesterday's events when the wife of the previous president get on a comet also came here with the families of the victims to attend a memorial service here at the smith's airfield before moving on to the county memorial site a very similar timetable for that would be followed by president's move it is unclear what all see on monday to help these very united and public help organs of grief from both the russian and polish sides we do understand that some in poland touch state's press their concern at the news that the memorial plaque at the crash site behind me was replaced on friday night we have now heard from the russian foreign ministry on this and we understand that locals lead school authorities changed topic because they sa

arrives here and smolinski presidential plane landing just behind me on the in the f.b.o. this is of course the very same f. the. plane that crashed one year ago today the polish president komorowski instead used to drive from moscow and both are here of course to attend special commemoration ceremonies now sunday april tenth that did mark the one year anniversary to the day that led kaczynski died on board the tupelo one fly full flying boozing to moscow together with all ninety five passengers who were on board they included his wife posted stress lady to the chief of the polish as foods and the chief of its army and many leading polish m.p.'s and historians know the tragic carine of all the houses that the polish delegation was coming to swell lands to mourn the seventieth anniversary of the canteen at moscow with a between two thousand poles were shot by soviet secret police of the soviet union had previously denied syntax events was being billed as a symbolic moyles stone in the easing of a previously tense russian polish relations but since that tragic crash our poli

just behind me at the actual subway solve the crash through throughout the day mourners here in smolinski both russian and polish have been coming here to pay their respects in the russian capital moscow the russian first lady said nan in the dead of the late her own flowers and paid respects sell side the polish embassy and this of course follows on from yesterday's events when the wife of the british president at an uncommon all sky came here with the families of the victims to attend a memorial service here at the smith's care field before moving on to the scene memorial site a very similar timetable to that would be followed by a president who did it and called off he on monday big to help these very united the public help poor use of grief from great the russian and polish sides we do understand that some in poland had to state suppress their concern at the news that the memorial plaque at the crash site behind me was replaced on friday nights we have not heard from the russian foreign ministry on this and we understand that locals med school authorities changed up because they say c

for those here ching pause and remember and mourn the victims of that paying crash bounds of all smolinski that took off removes saw all ninety six on all of course died a few did the president lech kaczynski the commander in chief polish air force and its army chief a very similar timetable will be followed by the president's themselves madrid of and. on monday and of course the real tragedy in all this is that the polish delegation that flew off on the tenth of april one year ago today was on its way to russia to mark the seventieth anniversary of the county massacre with over twenty thousand poles died at the hands of soviet soldiers and that event was to be a real milestone in the easing of tense russia polish relations. was a tough issue for both nations want to know about the details of how the tragedy actually happened. well the interstate aviation commission will i see released the results of its investigation on the twelfth of january and they found that pilot error was mostly to plane overstay severely compounded by cold weather and poor visibility and quality severe psychologica

near the smolensk airfield moon is has been paying their respects to join me with the latest from smolinski in just a few you know it's. also what our team nato is accused of letting libyan rebels ignore the no fly zone after reports two opposition helicopters were downed by gadhafi forces. and this week i finish priest is charged with inciting racial hatred after an interview with r t in which he speaks out against the man behind deadly terror attacks in moscow. live from our headquarters in central moscow here watching our team with me and he said now it's four pm here in the russian capital two pm in warsaw poland is marking a national tragedy a year since the presidential plane crashed in heavy fog in western russia killing everyone on board including head of state ski at the time the shared sense of socks on moscow in warsaw experience a thaw in historically frosty relations commemoration events are being held in both countries let's cross live now to our correspondents on the ground let's see ourselves in warsaw and alice had bert in the smiley on screen alexei to you first the street

not so nothing's been done to investigate the actions of the ground full staff at the airfield in smolinski they have done more to prevent the plane from trying to land and so today certainly does come just a few days before this coming week a. commemorative events which will mark one year on since the plane crash in the events to be attended by both presidents. have reported that. residents of bottled. stormed by forces loyal to his rival. the incumbent president's been locked up in his palace negotiating his departure from the country but refused to cede power after losing that much disputed election last november. is a recognized internationally legitimate president that clashes which followed saw hundreds of people killed u.n. and french troops launched airstrikes as part of their mission to protect civilians . from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris says they are pursuing their own goal. basically the crisis has crystallized around the rivalry between two men as you said in your report. and mr ouattara what does it do for what business is it of the west in my view not