Poland's prime minister, Donald Tusk, said that a Russian-led investigation into the air crash near Smolensk, Russia that killed the Polish president and other top officials was "incomplete", and vowed that his government would not accept the "unilateral account of the crash." Among other things, the report said that General Andrzej Blasik, commander of the Polish Air Force, was mildly intoxicated when he entered the cockpit shortly before the crash, and his presence distracted the pilot. The report did not find that shortcomings by Russian air traffic controllers were a factor in the crash. Despite his criticism of the report, Tusk nevertheless stated that he hoped improved relations between the countries would continue -- a sentiment echoed by Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/world/europe/14crash.html?ref=russia
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