Russia transfers 14 volumes of Kaczynski's plane crash case files to

MOSCOW, April 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscow has satisfied practically all of
Poland's requests for international legal assistance in the investigation
of Polish President Lech Kaczynski's plane crash near Smolensk, Russia, a
year ago, the head of the Main Department for International Legal
Cooperation at the Prosecutor General's Office, Saak Karapetyan, said.
He transferred another 14 volumes of case file copies to Polish
Embassy Counselor Longina Putka on Wednesday, April 6.
Prior to that, Russia had transferred 28 volumes of case files to
Poland. The materials handed over on April 6 contain copies of the
protocols of witness questioning carried out, in some instances, with the
participation of Polish military prosecutors, and protocols of crash scene
examination, which also involved Polish officials, and other documents.
"Since April of last year, the Prosecutor General's Office has
received eight requests from the Polish side for legal assistance. They
were satisfied promptly and properly, and almost all of them have been
satisfied up to date," Karapetyan said.
Russia sent five requests to Poland and received nine volumes of case
files that are being translated into Russian now.
Karapetyan said that most of the investigative activities had been
carried out with the participation of Polish officials. "An explosives
examination is now underway in this case, and only after it has been
finished can we consider transferring the remains of the plane to the
Polish side," he said.