New Smolensk investigation team appointed

Polish Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz appointed a new team of investigators on the 4 February 2016 to look into the 2010 Smolensk plane crash, which killed 96 people, including the then President Lech Kaczyński. He suggested that previous findings had deliberately ignored crucial evidence pointing to the cause of the crash.

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ESO: Background information: Poland charges two Russian officials over Kaczyński crash http://www.europeansources.info/record/poland-charges-two-russian-officials-over-kaczynski-crash/

ESO: Background information: Air crash report strains Russia-Polish ties http://www.europeansources.info/record/air-crash-report-strains-russia-polish-ties/

ESO: Background information: Polish president killed in plane crash http://www.europeansources.info/record/plane-crashes-in-smolensk-killing-polish-president-and-95-others/

BBC News, 04.02.16: Smolensk air crash: Poland re-opens investigation http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35498400

Deutsche Welle, 04.02.16: Poland reopens investigation into 2010 presidential plane crash http://dw.com/p/1Hpyk

EUObserver, 05.02.16: Tusk on trial? Poland opens new Smolensk inquiry https://euobserver.com/foreign/132154

Radio Poland, 05.02.16: Mixed reactions to Poland's new Smolensk disaster probe http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/239539,Mixed-reactions-to-Polands-new-Smolensk-disaster-probe

The Guardian, 09.02.16: Scrutiny concerns as Poland's new government legislates round the clock http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/09/no-rest-for-polish-mps-as-new-government-legislates-round-the-clock

EurActiv, 11.04.16: Kaczynski blames Tusk for Smolensk crash http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/kaczynski-takes-aim-at-tusk-as-responsible-for-the-smolensk-crash/

Radio Poland, 10.04.16: Poland must have Smolensk crash monuments: ruling party leader http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/248154,Poland-must-have-Smolensk-crash-monuments-ruling-party-leader

EurActiv, 13.04.16: Law and Justice banks on Smolensk conspiracy theories http://www.euractiv.com/section/elections/news/law-and-order-banks-on-smolensk-conspiracy-theories/

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