Zakharova commented on the scandalous statement of the Polish prosecutor's office about the crash of Tu-154M

The Moscow Post correspondent also asked his question.

Today we have one question: could you comment on Poland's plans to bring Russian experts to justice in the case of the Tu-154 crash?

"Oh, yeah... This statement, frankly, sounded on April 1 and at first glance resembled some kind of gloomy joke. But, judging by the fact that it was not veiled, it seems that it is not a joke, "said Maria Vladimirovna.

She also said that the head of the investigation team No. 1 of the National Prosecutor's Office of Poland, conducting an investigation into the crash that occurred on April 10, 2010 near the Smolensk-Severny airport with a Tu-154M plane carrying the Polish president, told the Polish Press Agency that with respect to 43 Russian forensic experts, the competent authorities of his country plan to send a petition for temporary arrest.

Criminal proceedings against Russians were initiated in connection with the alleged introduction of false information into documents drawn up by Russian specialists. This is a sad page in our joint history.

The 2010 plane crash has been the subject of the dirtiest political manipulation and speculation in Poland for many years, she said.

According to Maria Zakharova, the procedural step voiced by the Polish representative is another attempt to draw attention to this topic on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the tragedy.

In addition, in the conditions of legal nihilism and lawlessness prevailing in the West, as well as given the obvious politicization of the assessment of the Smolensk plane crash in Poland, we certainly regard this decision as another manifestation of Russophobia.

'It has nothing to do with the substance of the case. This is an attempt to earn political points and again take a step in an anti-Russian vein, "Zakharova said.

The death of the Polish delegation fifteen years ago in Russia was perceived as our common tragedy. All the necessary conditions for effective interaction of the competent authorities were established with the Polish side in an unprecedentedly short time.

The accusations now fabricated are not just ridiculous, they are offensive primarily for the memory of the victims of that disaster, Zakharova concluded.