Regardless of the causes of the plane crash of April 2010, in the Ukrainian case we have the right to consider ourselves victims of Russia. No matter if we believe in the Jerzy Miller's committee arrangements or if – quite the contrary – we are still trying to detect traces of assassination. Right after the tragedy took place, for a moment we felt united with Russia, maybe even grateful for their actions, yet the Kremlin has done its best to undermine our trust in their sincerity, their honesty and their disinterest. Today we have no illusions. Russia acted like a state terrorist. When it comes to the ill-fated Tu-154 M flight, Russia committed a number of errors, acts of negligence and manipulation. It is unusually ridiculous that the debris of the plane that belongs to the Polish state still remains scattered nearby the airport in Smolensk just like a heap of scrap. Hardly anybody believes it will ever return to Poland. We guess why. Keeping the Tupolev in Russia and the prolongation of the local investigation provides the continuous possibility of manipulating Polish politics by Kremlin. And what is also important – a possibility of misrepresenting the truth about the crash. The end of the Russian investigation and handing over the evidence to Poland would reveal all that Russians are trying to conceal. And what are they trying to conceal? We will probably never know.
We come back to the Smolensk case today not in order to rub salt into the still unhealed wounds. We are also entirely aware of the differences between the two incidents. Our only aim is to demonstrate our bitter experience in front of Europe and the rest of the world so that they can protect themselves from what we have gone through.
A few days ago Malaysian Boeing 777 was shot down over Ukraine. Hundreds of innocent people died. Everything points to Russia bearing the blame for this crime. And everything proves Russia is trying to hide it. Separatists, who are supported by Moscow's agents, let the crash site be robbed, remove the evidence as well as the fragments of the debris and discuss the possibility of handing the black boxes over to Moscow. They treat the victims' remains with no respect. We have an impression that the well-known Smolensk scenario is now being acted out right before our eyes.
This is why through the free press we appeal to the politicians of the West. Do not let it go. Be firm and resolute, to the limit of the political and economical isolation of Kremlin. Do not talk with Moscow in the spirit of reconciliation and understanding. Tough conditions should be set out, that being: handing over all possible evidence to the international committee; not letting the Interstate Aviation Committee take this case over; unconditional cooperation between Russia and the free world on determining who is responsible for the crime. Weakness and indecisiveness of the West will result in one thing only: traces will be covered, evidence will vanish somewhere in Russia and the crime will never be solved. The world will have to once again accept Putin's dictatorship.
