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Poland will complement the claim in the International Court of Justice against the Russian Federation demanding the return of wreckage of presidential plane that crashed in Smolensk in 2010. "During last year we tried to talk with Russia directly but they response was negative and sometimes arogant", said Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski. He added that after 7 years that have passed since the plane crash, Polish state has run out of other options and has to go to the court in the Hague.

On 10 April 2010 Polish Air Force plane crashed near the city of Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board. Polish president Lech Kaczynski, senior Polish military officers and members of parliament were among the victims. According to the Polish and Russian state reports pilot error was the main cause of the accident. Law and Justice (PiS) party, leaded by brother of the late prasident, claims that the crash of the plane could have been caused by Russian secret services to kill president Kaczynski. After PiS victory at the 2015 Polish parliamentary elections the party created new state commission to investigate the causes of the plane crash. They also demand the return of the plane wreckage claiming that it's return to Poland is indispensable to close the investigation. Russia is still in possession of the wreckage and black boxes of the Tupolev, having refused various requests made by the Polish government to return the items. Russian authoriies explained that the items are still needed as the evidence in the investigation, which is still in progress.

TVN Agency is offering:
- statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski
- archive footage from the place of the Smolensk plane crash
- archive footage of Lech Kaczynski
- archive footage from the meetings of the state commission investigating the causes of the crash

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