Former Ukrainian president on Interpol wanted list

Ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has been put on the international wanted list on Ukrainian charges of embezzlement and financial wrong-doing.

Ukrainian authorities said Interpol’s publication of a so-called red notice against the 64-year-old Yanukovich, who has been living in Russia since last year, empowered any police force to hand him over to Ukraine if he was detained.

“Today, several months after Ukraine sent a request to Interpol in March 2014 with the arguments and explanations prepared by the Interior Ministry, the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Security Service of Ukraine, an Interpol special commission has come to a decision,” Interior Minister Arsen Avakov stated.