Fresh Insults Add Chill to Icy Polish-Russian Relations

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THE RESIGNATION of Poland's Prime Minister, Jozef Oleksy, who is under investigation over allegations that he spied for Moscow, is not the only sign that a big chill is freezing Polish-Russian relations. As Mr Oleksy was announcing his departure last Wednesday, the Polish foreign ministry drew attention to the publication of a book in Moscow that is crammed with lies and insults about Poland.

The book, The Katyn Detective Story, by Yuri Mukhin contends that thousands of Polish army officers murdered at Katyn forest during the Second World War were killed by the Nazis, rather than by the Soviet NKVD secret police. It upholds this version of events even though, after …