Russia does not agree to place charge controllers from Smolensk – Virtual Poland

• Russians blocked the implication of his flight controllers from Smolensk
 

 • The position presented in the letter sent by the Russians to Polish investigators
 

 • Polish proposals to this effect have been “returned as non-performing”
 

 • Russia referred to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
 

The Russian side refused delivery of two controllers flights from Smolensk calls on the presentation of their case; Polish proposals to this effect have been “returned as non-performing” – said Chief Military Prosecutor Office.

The Russian side – as announced by Major Marcin Maksjan with NPW – justifying its decision referred to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters of 1959., Which provides inter alia that “may be refused legal aid if the party requested Party considers that the execution of the request would prejudice the sovereignty, security, ordre public or other essential interests of the State. ”
 

The letter of the Russian prosecutor’s office received at investigating the crash of Smolensk Military District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw on January 29, and is dated 30 December 2015.
 

The letter stated that the Polish proposals for the delivery of both controllers’ invitations to appear on a specified date at the headquarters of PSF in Warsaw, in order to notice the provisions of the accusation and interrogation as suspects “have been” processed and returned as non-performing ” .

– Polish military prosecutors is prepared for every circumstance process, including such that the suspects fail to appear voluntarily to the headquarters of the prosecutor’s office – said Maj Maksjan referring to the Russian response. He added that due to the “clear position” prosecutor leading the investigation into the crash will not be gave on this any further information.
 

The investigation into the Smolensk disaster is now extended to 10 April 2016. At the end of March 2015. Prosecutor issued a decision about bringing charges two controllers flights from Smolensk. One is accused of bringing immediate danger of disaster, and another – inadvertently bring disaster. Formally, they will face up to eight years in prison.
 

After the decision about bringing charges auditors Polish prosecutors launched the procedure for the announcement of the terms and questioning as suspects. In the framework of the international rules of legal aid WPO asked on March 26 last year to the Russian side with a proclamation for service controllers calls to Polish prosecutor’s office for questioning them as suspects.
 

– The suspects failed to appear at a specified time, and the prosecutor’s office has not received from the Russian side any information as to whether the summons to them effectively delivered, despite a referral in the case of two reminders by the Polish Prosecutor General – recalled Maj Maksjan .
 

Therefore, on October 22 last year WPO sent Russia a further request for legal assistance, in which the repeated demands of the application of 26 March 2015. At the beginning of February has passed specified in the proposal term appearance of Russian suspects in Polish the prosecutor’s office.
 

Major Maksjan reminded that Russia in response to the Polish prosecutor’s office for the second time relied on a provision of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance talking about the refusal to grant such assistance. Prior WPO has received from Russia for refusing to provide documents about the organization of flights to Smolensk airport with reference to the same provision of the European Convention.
 

In addition to controllers, military prosecutors have in August 2011. Complaint of failure to fulfill duties to two officers who, in 2010. Occupied commanding positions in the former 36th Special Air Transport Regiment. The idea of ​​organizing the flight of the Tu-154 in terms of determination and preparation of the flight crew. For the offense they will face up to three years in prison.
 

In January, the two officers topic was excluded from the proceedings of the Smolensk disaster to a separate investigation. The materials off the matter went to a new prosecutor, outside the group of prosecutors investigating the Smolensk, which now analyzes them. After completion of this analysis are to be made further decisions on this thread.
 

WPO expected even among the transfer from Russia, among others, wreckage and recorders of the Tu-154. In the materials of the investigation also lacks a few more of the 87 forensic medical opinion concerning the victims of this tragedy, prepared by experts in the field of forensic medicine from the Medical University in Wroclaw. Until the beginning of April while the PSF has obtained the opinion phonoscopic ABW in the identification of persons whose statements were recorded in the records of the work of the tower of the Smolensk airport.