Investigators of the General Investigative Office
of the Investigation Committee of the Russian
Federation started a thorough study of the Technical
Commission final report on the investigation into the causes of the Tu-154 wreck
near Smolensk, with
the President of Poland on board, as well as of the comments submitted by the
Polish side. The necessary investigative and other procedural actions will be undertaken.
Also as part of a criminal investigation an integrated aircraft maintenance
psychological forensic examination the results of which will also serve as a
basis for decision-making process is planned to be appointed. In addition, the
investigation expects to receive responses to requests for international legal
assistance.
In February, the Investigative Committee is
planning to receive Polish delegation and perform investigative activities to
eliminate all the issues arising from the Polish side. During this period, in
particular, the witnesses will be re-interrogated in the presence of
representatives of the prosecutor of the Republic of Poland.
Only by comparing and analyzing all the
available materials on the case, including the report of the Technical Commission,
the results of aircraft maintenance, psychological and other forensic
examinations, as well as after completion of the entire volume of the
investigative and other procedural work, execution of orders for international
legal assistance, investigation will be able to take a procedural decision,
which will determine the causes and conditions that led to the catastrophe and
the people responsible for this.
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