Posted on 01/30/2009 8:14:47 PM PST by nickcarraway
Russia's Supreme Court has rejected appeals to re-open the investigation into the World War II-era massacre of Polish military officers and intellectuals by Soviet secret police.
The decision announced Thursday ends years of efforts by Polish families to get Russian authorities to re-examine the 1940 killings in forest near the city of Katyn.
Around 20,000 Polish officers, intellectuals and priests were killed by Soviet agents in the spring of 1940 near Katyn, in western Russia.
The Soviet Union in 1990 acknowledged that dictator Josef Stalin ordered the killings.
In 2004, Russia's top military prosecutor closed the investigation after concluding that the massacre did not constitute genocide.
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Really puts those accusations against Bush of “war crimes” into perspective, doesn’t it?
Ping.
Russia’s sh*t doesn’t stink.
Agree 100%. With respect ot Katyn appeal this why Russia can never join the EU or for that matter the WTO. As the saying goes...”Too many skeletons in the closet.”
Russia’s sh*t doesn’t stink because the Bear doesn’t sh*t in the woods, or anywhere else.
That is why the Russian Bear is full of sh*t.
It's true. The Katyn Massacre was a category beyond genocide. Satan would have felt soiled after something like that.
There was a movie about Katyn Massacre...ENIGMA. Kate Winslet was in it.
Winners are never punished for war crimes.
Andrzej Wajda made a Katyn movie last year, but it hasn’t been released outside of Poland.
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