"As for Azarov, we have completed the investigation and submitted to the Pechersk court a petition for permission to convict him in absentia. The same applies to Stavytskiy – we have completed the investigation and are waiting for the relevant permission from the court," Lutsenko said during the international roundtable in Kyiv.
Read alsoEU approves extension of sanctions against Yanukovych, his allies for another yearAs UNIAN reported, Azarov and Stavytskiy are involved in a number of criminal proceedings in Ukraine.
Stavytskiy worked as energy minister in Ukraine December 2012 through February 2014 in Mykola Azarov's government.
He is charged with large-scale embezzlement through misuse of office or by an organized crime (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Interpol issued a red notice for his arrest in 2014.
Some media reported that Stavytskiy was detained in Israel on May 6, 2016. He denied the reports, calling them a fake.
Stavytskiy reportedly lives in Israel under the name Nathan Rosenberg.
