Former rector of the National University of the State Tax Service of Petro Melnyk, who escaped from house arrest in Ukraine, has been put on the international wanted list, the public relations department of the Interior Ministry reported.

"Based on a ruling of Pechersky District Court in Kyiv that was requested to issue an arrest warrant for suspect Petro Melnyk, he has been put on an international wanted list. Relevant information was entered into the databases and sent to the CIS countries," reads a statement posted on the Interior Ministry's Web site on Tuesday.

As reported, Melnyk was detained on July 27, 2013 by on suspicion of demanding from two Ukrainian citizens bribes of UAH 40,000 and UAH 80,000 to accept their relatives' entry to university.

Kyiv's Pechersky District Court on August 1, 2013, ruled to place Melnyk under house arrest on suspicion of bribery. Melnyk was not allowed to leave his apartment except in situations in which he might need medical examination or treatment.

On August 7, a tracking bracelet was put on the ex-rector. Melnyk became the first senior official to have a tracking bracelet put on.

The ex-rector escaped house arrest on August 9, having removed his electronic tracking bracelet.

A number of Ukrainian media outlets reported, referring to their sources, that Melnyk fled the country through Belarus to one of the Baltic states. Some reports allege that Melnyk is currently in the Czech Republic.