Work to hand over Katyn case to Poland nearing end - Russian prosecutor general

MOSCOW. May 19 (Interfax) - Russia plans to finish transferring documents from the Katyn massacre case, the execution of Polish prisoners of war by the Soviet secret police NKVD, to Poland in the near future, Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said.

"Efforts to provide the Polish side with the materials of the criminal case opened following the discovery of mass graves containing the remains of Polish servicemen - the so-called Katyn case - are nearing their conclusion," Chaika said at a meeting with Polish Prosecutor General Andrzej Seremet in Moscow on Thursday.