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Associated Press: Poland marks 8th anniversary of president’s death in Russia

Published April 10, 2018 at 9:36 pm

(FILES) A newspaper clipping features Lech Kaczynski with the headline ''The President is not alive'' in front of the presidential palace in the early hours on April 11, 2010 in Warsaw following the Polish government Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft crash near Smolensk airport. A plane carrying Polish president Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other senior officials crashed while landing in fog in the western Russian city of Smolensk on April 10, 2010, killing all on board.

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Poland’s ruling party leader unveiled on April 10 a monument remembering the victims of the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and many other political and military leaders, the worst tragedy to befall the nation in decades.

Thousands of Poles arrived from across the country to attend the Warsaw ceremony, part of events throughout April 10 marking eight years since the crash near Smolensk airport in Russia.