An MP of the fifth and sixth convocations (2006-2012), Oleksandr Shepelev, who was put on the international wanted list on suspicion of attempted murder and embezzlement of funds, has still not been detained, the head of the working body of Ukraine's bureau of Interpol, Vasyl Nevolia, has said.

"They've not detained [Shepelev], as his whereabouts have not been established," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.

As reported, in April 2012, the chief of the main investigation department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ivan Derevianko, said a criminal case was opened against Shepelev in February 2011. The SBU suspects Shepelev of being involved in the embezzlement of the funds of Rodovid Bank worth over UAH 220 million, as well as being involved, along with businessman Pavlo Borulko, in the embezzlement of public funds of the refinancing of the National Bank of Ukraine worth UAH 315.3 million in March-May 2009.

At the same time, Shepelev strongly denied all of the allegations against him, and said that the accusations made against him could be an attempt to draw the attention of mass media away from claims by Borulko that some employees of the SBU are involved in blackmail.

The MP also said that he was not going to leave Ukraine.