I'm not sure if Andrew can add his speculation on this question, given his position. But I'm curious what his analysis of the 2010 Smolensk air disaster is? The official cause of the crash that killed the President of Poland and other prominent Poles (including a group of Katyn Massacre victim's relatives) was the Polish crew's failure to reroute to a different airport. PiS claimed in 2022 that it was a Russian conspiracy after the former President's brother (and PiS party leader) opened a new investigation into the crash.
Is there any indication of Israeli involvement in the accident? If there was a Russian conspiracy involved, what could they have possibly gained? Any indication of western intelligence involvement? I never really saw any possible cui bono in the accident - it seemed like a clear loss and tragedy to every single party involved, and I couldn't fathom that U.S., British, French, or German intelligence would do that to an ally. I can see how Israel may have gained but there was no indication of it as far as I could tell. It just doesn't seem that other parties - like the Chinese or whoever - would have any interest at all.
My personal view is that something foul seems to have taken place, if it wasn’t an accident like the official version of the investigation concluded, but that Russia wasn’t involved.
I can’t imagine it setting up the Polish Government’s assassination this way, let alone killing the same hitherto anti-Russian conservatives who finally wanted to turn the page on this.
It doesn’t make any sense. My totally unsubstantiated conspiracy theory is that it was either an inside job by members of the Polish deep state or the American deep state, not Russia’s.
It was. It seemed very tragic at the time, for both the Poles and the Russians. It seemed like steps were underway to improve relations - and then they were critically and probably permanently undermined.
Nothing would help. Poland will always seek to get the Americans to make war on Russia.
The irony is, take away Russia and Poland would go from Special Little Buddy to a satrapy of no importance. Ukraine would go from The Beacon Of Freedom to a corrupt, backward, nazi infested shithole.
I have always wondered why the Russian response to Smolensk was as redolent of a coverup as the Polish (notably the FSB's equally preposterous insistence on an accident). There was no reason for Russia to so clumsily endorse the kind of "explanation" it did.
As far as third parties are concerned, I see few signs of Western and/or Israeli "deep-state" complicity, given that the then Polish government was on good terms with both; after all, it helped the U.S. and Israel greatly in Iraq, while reaching out to Russia.
I do believe that an outside actor was involved, but not an "official" one, be it "deep-state" or otherwise. The fact that the crash occurred so near Katyń is intriguing, along with Poland's role at the time—backing Bush, Sharon, and Putin—in the post-9/11 "war on terror".
Maybe a nonstate group like al-Qaida or even Illuminist Masonry did the deed.
It felt like a huge tragedy to me when it happened. I view it as the high water mark of Russian rapprochement with the West. Most Russians believed the integration was continuing to grow - visits to Europe increased in the next few years after that, and optimism among Russians and positivity about Anglo, French, Italian, and Spanish culture was everywhere. But it was already on the downhill slope by then.
I agree on the interesting aspect of where the crash occurred.
I recall those days well; they seem almost surreal in hindsight, given the 180° shift in the views of many politicians (like Merkel) who once supported such a détente. How do you think West–Russia integration managed to unravel so swiftly and with so little resistance by elites—notably economic—who once backed the scheme? Why did the Nord Stream financiers and big industrialists fail to defend themselves?
I think the FSB has to know what happened. Russia had first look at all of the evidence since it happened on their soil. The initial story didn't make any sense at all (drunk Russian air traffic controllers in Smolensk), and the quickly-altered story didn't make much more sense afterwards. It's bizarre to me they didn't share what they knew with the living Nawrocki brother (PiS leader who led the renewed investigation).
It felt to me like Trump was digging for "the real truth" from Putin and Russian intelligence on how the world actually works during his first term, and as far as I can tell the Russians never shared anything with him. For example, I'm pretty sure the FSB knows definitively knows the circumstances of Kennedy's assassination and what Epstein was really up to. But Trump clearly didn't at all, even going into this last term - so that was never shared with him. Obviously Trump wouldn't get the real story from his own intelligence agencies.
I could see Hillary Clinton being heavily involved in the Smolensk accident, and it makes sense the Russians would cover that up because there was still hope in 2010 of repairing relations. I've always thought the Secretary of State had more control over the CIA than the appointed CIA director.
What about the possibility that hardline "former" Soviet-bloc intelligence (no longer in service) colluded with mafia-type criminal elements or even terrorist outfits like al-Qaida to disrupt a nascent Polish–Russian "thaw" at a time Poland was also helping the West's "war on terror"?
Russia would have a fairly good idea of Soviet-block intelligence, and would have no interest in such a thing occurring. Remember Misha Wolf, head of East-German intelligence fleeing to Russia in early 1990s?
I know Wolf fled the DDR to Israel, but plenty of other Stasi, KGB, and/or GRU officers likely retained their professional, if not ideological, affinities for "anti-imperialist" actors such as Palestinian (or Islamist) militants. They could have networked with them through "semi-official" drugs-and-arms networks. Maybe they also disliked Putin's Western-/"Zionist"-friendly anti-Stalinism, as his Katyń transparency showed (the crash location was an attempt to send a message).
No, Misha Wolf considered fleeing to Israel, but then decided Russia would be more secure. So he never went to Israel. The problem was of course, East German intelligence was involved in both German and Palestinian terrorism, so he would have had to spit the beans...
About Katyn plane accident - could be US or British deep state were involved. IIRC British Intelligence is now headed by a descendant of UPA.
Considering what Jeffrey Sachs told us about the US plans and actions after 1989 concerning Poland vs. concerning Russia, there is little doubt as to who profits from a destruction of budging Polish-Russian Entente.
The fact-checking hyenas are lying about Volhynia.
Why, you ask?
Because the official Ukrainian state has become a thoroughly corrupt Nazi state that is collapsing from within.
State-sanctioned fact-checkers (such as Correctiv in Germany) carry out a task that inherently requires the use of disinformation—because, otherwise, the task simply cannot be fulfilled.
Nothing Russia could do would improve polish opinion of Russia. Hell, most poles would slit their own children's throats with a song on their lips, if the little tykes' deaths would spite Russia somehow.
Russia is seen as low status. The West as high status, and poles are wannabes. Anyone who watched the dynamic in high school knows that the meanest girl isn't the prom queen (she can actually be pleasant sometimes, as long as you know your place) but the wannabe, the girl who wants to be in the cool kids' circle but whose status is uncertain.
Volhynia & Eastern Galicia were part of the Russian Empire, until they were taken by Poland during the Russian Civil War. They were reclaimed in 1939, so Zakharova is technically correct.
Actually, only Volhynia was part of the Russian Empire after the Partitions while what some call Eastern Galicia was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, prior to which they were part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Before that, Volhynia was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania while what Poles describe as Eastern Lesser Poland was part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. Even earlier, they were part of "Old Rus", but they were separated from what became Russia for centuries.
As for the language about "reclaiming", it's only from the Kremlin's perspective of "regathering the Russian lands" as it's referred to here, but practically all Poles consider those regions' incorporation into the USSR to be an illegal annexation.
Nevertheless, Zakharova is technically correct as I noted, but she didn't have to -- as average Poles see it -- obnoxiously remind them of Russia's official legal position about the victims' nationality. That was a bad move in my opinion and I wish she never did that.
Thanks for the clarification. I agree that her remarks were probably a little tone deaf in the circumstances.
On 14th September 2025, Donald Tusk complained on Twitter about a "wave of pro-Russian sentiment" which had been growing in Poland. Rather than respect the wishes of the Polish people, Tusk announced that it was the role of politicians to stop this sentiment. Shortly afterwards, a false flag drone incursion appears to have been used to persuade the Polish people that Russia had attacked them.
For that matter, I consider this Tusk to be a complete psychopath.
I also wish I could personally interview Theresa May about her experiences with this shifty little upstart—this bootlicker for the European Commission. A Pole who worked against his own country within the EU simply because a government he disliked happened to be in power cannot be a good Pole.
I strongly dislike him too and also Sikorski, who blocked me on X after slurring me as Russian (it's a slur in Polish political culture) and then me telling him that I'm actually his compatriot! lol
It goes further than this. The Global Banking ["Epstein"] Cartel wants to dominate the world. It uses the fractional lending scam to print money, which it then gives to people Tucker Carlson described as "hyper-aggressive" and "connected". They then used this money to advance the globalist agenda. The Cartel prefers using sociopaths, as they can be bought for the right price. I think this is something it looks for when carrying out psychological assessments. Someone with a moral compass and a conscience might decide to the right thing...
I'm not sure if Andrew can add his speculation on this question, given his position. But I'm curious what his analysis of the 2010 Smolensk air disaster is? The official cause of the crash that killed the President of Poland and other prominent Poles (including a group of Katyn Massacre victim's relatives) was the Polish crew's failure to reroute to a different airport. PiS claimed in 2022 that it was a Russian conspiracy after the former President's brother (and PiS party leader) opened a new investigation into the crash.
Is there any indication of Israeli involvement in the accident? If there was a Russian conspiracy involved, what could they have possibly gained? Any indication of western intelligence involvement? I never really saw any possible cui bono in the accident - it seemed like a clear loss and tragedy to every single party involved, and I couldn't fathom that U.S., British, French, or German intelligence would do that to an ally. I can see how Israel may have gained but there was no indication of it as far as I could tell. It just doesn't seem that other parties - like the Chinese or whoever - would have any interest at all.
My personal view is that something foul seems to have taken place, if it wasn’t an accident like the official version of the investigation concluded, but that Russia wasn’t involved.
I can’t imagine it setting up the Polish Government’s assassination this way, let alone killing the same hitherto anti-Russian conservatives who finally wanted to turn the page on this.
It doesn’t make any sense. My totally unsubstantiated conspiracy theory is that it was either an inside job by members of the Polish deep state or the American deep state, not Russia’s.
The facts don't matter. Russia will be blamed.
It was. It seemed very tragic at the time, for both the Poles and the Russians. It seemed like steps were underway to improve relations - and then they were critically and probably permanently undermined.
Nothing would help. Poland will always seek to get the Americans to make war on Russia.
The irony is, take away Russia and Poland would go from Special Little Buddy to a satrapy of no importance. Ukraine would go from The Beacon Of Freedom to a corrupt, backward, nazi infested shithole.
I have always wondered why the Russian response to Smolensk was as redolent of a coverup as the Polish (notably the FSB's equally preposterous insistence on an accident). There was no reason for Russia to so clumsily endorse the kind of "explanation" it did.
As far as third parties are concerned, I see few signs of Western and/or Israeli "deep-state" complicity, given that the then Polish government was on good terms with both; after all, it helped the U.S. and Israel greatly in Iraq, while reaching out to Russia.
I do believe that an outside actor was involved, but not an "official" one, be it "deep-state" or otherwise. The fact that the crash occurred so near Katyń is intriguing, along with Poland's role at the time—backing Bush, Sharon, and Putin—in the post-9/11 "war on terror".
Maybe a nonstate group like al-Qaida or even Illuminist Masonry did the deed.
It felt like a huge tragedy to me when it happened. I view it as the high water mark of Russian rapprochement with the West. Most Russians believed the integration was continuing to grow - visits to Europe increased in the next few years after that, and optimism among Russians and positivity about Anglo, French, Italian, and Spanish culture was everywhere. But it was already on the downhill slope by then.
I agree on the interesting aspect of where the crash occurred.
I recall those days well; they seem almost surreal in hindsight, given the 180° shift in the views of many politicians (like Merkel) who once supported such a détente. How do you think West–Russia integration managed to unravel so swiftly and with so little resistance by elites—notably economic—who once backed the scheme? Why did the Nord Stream financiers and big industrialists fail to defend themselves?
I think the FSB has to know what happened. Russia had first look at all of the evidence since it happened on their soil. The initial story didn't make any sense at all (drunk Russian air traffic controllers in Smolensk), and the quickly-altered story didn't make much more sense afterwards. It's bizarre to me they didn't share what they knew with the living Nawrocki brother (PiS leader who led the renewed investigation).
It felt to me like Trump was digging for "the real truth" from Putin and Russian intelligence on how the world actually works during his first term, and as far as I can tell the Russians never shared anything with him. For example, I'm pretty sure the FSB knows definitively knows the circumstances of Kennedy's assassination and what Epstein was really up to. But Trump clearly didn't at all, even going into this last term - so that was never shared with him. Obviously Trump wouldn't get the real story from his own intelligence agencies.
I could see Hillary Clinton being heavily involved in the Smolensk accident, and it makes sense the Russians would cover that up because there was still hope in 2010 of repairing relations. I've always thought the Secretary of State had more control over the CIA than the appointed CIA director.
What about the possibility that hardline "former" Soviet-bloc intelligence (no longer in service) colluded with mafia-type criminal elements or even terrorist outfits like al-Qaida to disrupt a nascent Polish–Russian "thaw" at a time Poland was also helping the West's "war on terror"?
Russia would have a fairly good idea of Soviet-block intelligence, and would have no interest in such a thing occurring. Remember Misha Wolf, head of East-German intelligence fleeing to Russia in early 1990s?
I know Wolf fled the DDR to Israel, but plenty of other Stasi, KGB, and/or GRU officers likely retained their professional, if not ideological, affinities for "anti-imperialist" actors such as Palestinian (or Islamist) militants. They could have networked with them through "semi-official" drugs-and-arms networks. Maybe they also disliked Putin's Western-/"Zionist"-friendly anti-Stalinism, as his Katyń transparency showed (the crash location was an attempt to send a message).
No, Misha Wolf considered fleeing to Israel, but then decided Russia would be more secure. So he never went to Israel. The problem was of course, East German intelligence was involved in both German and Palestinian terrorism, so he would have had to spit the beans...
About Katyn plane accident - could be US or British deep state were involved. IIRC British Intelligence is now headed by a descendant of UPA.
Considering what Jeffrey Sachs told us about the US plans and actions after 1989 concerning Poland vs. concerning Russia, there is little doubt as to who profits from a destruction of budging Polish-Russian Entente.
The fact-checking hyenas are lying about Volhynia.
Why, you ask?
Because the official Ukrainian state has become a thoroughly corrupt Nazi state that is collapsing from within.
State-sanctioned fact-checkers (such as Correctiv in Germany) carry out a task that inherently requires the use of disinformation—because, otherwise, the task simply cannot be fulfilled.
The fact checkers always lie or "forget".
Why?
Because either they are paid for that, either they are partisans either both
They don't need to be paid. They know what reports will advance their careers.
Nothing Russia could do would improve polish opinion of Russia. Hell, most poles would slit their own children's throats with a song on their lips, if the little tykes' deaths would spite Russia somehow.
Russia is seen as low status. The West as high status, and poles are wannabes. Anyone who watched the dynamic in high school knows that the meanest girl isn't the prom queen (she can actually be pleasant sometimes, as long as you know your place) but the wannabe, the girl who wants to be in the cool kids' circle but whose status is uncertain.
Volhynia & Eastern Galicia were part of the Russian Empire, until they were taken by Poland during the Russian Civil War. They were reclaimed in 1939, so Zakharova is technically correct.
Actually, only Volhynia was part of the Russian Empire after the Partitions while what some call Eastern Galicia was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, prior to which they were part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Before that, Volhynia was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania while what Poles describe as Eastern Lesser Poland was part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. Even earlier, they were part of "Old Rus", but they were separated from what became Russia for centuries.
As for the language about "reclaiming", it's only from the Kremlin's perspective of "regathering the Russian lands" as it's referred to here, but practically all Poles consider those regions' incorporation into the USSR to be an illegal annexation.
Nevertheless, Zakharova is technically correct as I noted, but she didn't have to -- as average Poles see it -- obnoxiously remind them of Russia's official legal position about the victims' nationality. That was a bad move in my opinion and I wish she never did that.
Thanks for the clarification. I agree that her remarks were probably a little tone deaf in the circumstances.
On 14th September 2025, Donald Tusk complained on Twitter about a "wave of pro-Russian sentiment" which had been growing in Poland. Rather than respect the wishes of the Polish people, Tusk announced that it was the role of politicians to stop this sentiment. Shortly afterwards, a false flag drone incursion appears to have been used to persuade the Polish people that Russia had attacked them.
https://johnbartlett1.substack.com/p/the-drone-incursion-over-poland-was
You're welcome, it's my pleasure since Polish history is one of my hobbies!
As for what Tusk ranted about, I wrote about the subject matter twice:
https://korybko.substack.com/p/to-what-extent-is-pro-russian-sentiment
https://korybko.substack.com/p/heres-the-truth-about-russias-cognitive
For that matter, I consider this Tusk to be a complete psychopath.
I also wish I could personally interview Theresa May about her experiences with this shifty little upstart—this bootlicker for the European Commission. A Pole who worked against his own country within the EU simply because a government he disliked happened to be in power cannot be a good Pole.
I strongly dislike him too and also Sikorski, who blocked me on X after slurring me as Russian (it's a slur in Polish political culture) and then me telling him that I'm actually his compatriot! lol
https://x.com/AKorybko/status/1753115556822282557
I’ll call a spade a spade: both of them are utterly unscrupulous political whores.
Even with the commandment to love one’s neighbor, one still has to call out such nasty pieces of work.
Most rulers in business and politics are sociopaths, for power selects strongly for the people who will do whatever it takes to get power.
It goes further than this. The Global Banking ["Epstein"] Cartel wants to dominate the world. It uses the fractional lending scam to print money, which it then gives to people Tucker Carlson described as "hyper-aggressive" and "connected". They then used this money to advance the globalist agenda. The Cartel prefers using sociopaths, as they can be bought for the right price. I think this is something it looks for when carrying out psychological assessments. Someone with a moral compass and a conscience might decide to the right thing...
The Volyn took place because the P:oles killed were reserve Polish officers who hated Russia. War was coming ,what do you your enemies ? Kill them.
Do you mean Karyn here?
Katyn (stupid autocorrect..)