Don't act stupid. I agree with fanoftalent. I'm from the Czech Republic and I think Putin is a very dangerous person as well. All the Russian policy seems to be dangerous.

I feel so sorry for him. He was an honest and great politician. Rest in peace.

Horrible news!

R.I.P.

Well the point is that Putin has become a sort of the dictator, actually ruling Russia and Medvedev is just called president, while the actual ruler is Putin... and as far as I know controls all the media outlets and there's no freedom of speech in Russia. Most of the neighbor countries are terrorized...Baltic countries, Caucasus countries (Georgia and such) and many eastern european countries are all oposing Putin and his government. Actually the crashed plane was full of the Polish government representatives, who were very wester-oriented and always opposing Putin in international relations, so since Putin can't stand any type of opposition, there's a chance that he might have caused this aweful tragedy.
Note that I'm only assuming there's a chance, I'm not putting a blame on him 100%, as I don't have any facts supporting my statements right now, just speculations...but if it will turn out that its actually done by russian secret service, I won't be surprised.

My parents are from Poland and I feel like I was born there too, knowing Polish as my first language.
It hurts to see this on the news.

RIP Lech Kaczynski, Maria, and all the dignitaries on board. 97 very important people killed on their way to honor the Polish soldiers in Katyn from WWII (70th Anniversary).

Absolutely... that is a LOT of people and it's horrific. My thoughts are with their families and the nation of Poland.

I heard about this. This is sad. This remimds me of JFK Jr and his wife when they died in a plane crash in 1999. Although he wasn't a President.

This is so wrong.
Your opinion is based on nothing, probably just rumors/personal beliefs.
I've been to almost every country Russia borders with and I can tell you that's absolutely wrong. Especially the Georgia thing, Russia didn't start the war, that's how the U.S. wants everyone to think.



I understand you're not putting blame on him, but even thinking of that is kind of childish, don't you think? "Russian secret service"? wut?

Since you live in Russia and have travelled to places doesn't mean that you get the clear picture of politics in the region. Posting a video of a 12-year old kid talking about what her parents are thinking is right, doesn't mean that its actually the truth. I have many times been to that region and I'm quite familiar with the ongoing situation there, even though I don't claim that I have the clear picture of whats going on.
Concerning the situation in Georgia, I know that there are two breakaway separatist regions in Georgia, which are encouraged by Russian government to try to get independence from Georgia and they have tried to start the wars against Georgia in early 90s, causing many local Georgians to flee and become refugees, even though those territories have historically belonged to Georgia. Its Georgia's internal affairs and Russia didn't have any right to participate in the internal affairs of Georgia, without Georgian consent. Its obvious that Russian government is trying to occupy those territories from Georgia, as one of those territories is a nice resort and can be a good attraction for the tourists. Plus Russian government is obviously annoyed that Georgia and the US are close allies, so they do their best to distabilize the situation in Georgia.

I see that you are from Russia and you will obviously support your government on ATRL - its a matter of national patriotism...and I'm sorry that I've hit the nerve, but too many outragous things speak against Mr. Putin.