The Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine said that he had not received notices of motions the former Minister of Finance Yuriy Kolobov and suspected of money laundering Boris Tymonkin on granting refugee status in foreign countries.

As informs a press-service of the Supervisory authority, in the Ukrainian media have any data As if the statement Kolobov and Tymonkin for granting them refugee status, respectively, in Spain and Germany. Because of this, the main Prosecutor's office of Ukraine sent to the competent institutions in Spain and Germany requests for the extradition of such persons to bring them to justice under the criminal code. Official responses to these letters have not been received, and for this reason the authorities of these countries in relation to the possibility or impossibility of issuing Kolobov and Tymonkin unknown.

"for this reason any official notification from the foreign colleagues on the issue of the treatment of Yuriy Kolobov or Boris Tymonkin on granting refugee status to the General Prosecutor of Ukraine had not received ", - is informed in the report.

Kolobov worked as Minister of Finance from February 2012 to February 2014. After the change of power in Ukraine, he left the country. In October of last year was declared by the authorities of Ukraine in the international wanted list, the list of Interpol was introduced on 12 January 2015.

in June 2013 Tymonkin became head of the financial sector group of organizations VETEK, combining the assets of Ukrainian businessman Sergei Kurchenko, against which Ukraine opened a case under the criminal code and he is wanted for theft of property of state enterprise PJSC "Ukrgazvydobuvannya" and applying the group VETEK loss of public organization " Naftogaz of Ukraine ".

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