The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine (PGO) has sent a request to the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia for the extradition of former Ukrainian MP of the fifth and sixth convocations (2006-2012) Oleksandr Shepelev, the Ukrainian PGO's press service reported on Monday.

The PGO said that Shepelev is charged with committing a series of grave crimes, including the organization of premeditated murder, attempted murder, embezzlement, abuse of office, and escape from custody.

In March, Shepelev was detained in Russia.

The Russian authorities had previously said that they had initiated the process to extradite Shepelev.

As reported, in February 2011, a criminal case was opened against Shepelev.

In January 2013, the Interior Ministry of Ukraine reported that Shepelev had been put on the international wanted list.

In July 2013, Shepelev was detained in Budapest, and Hungary subsequently extradited him to Ukraine. However he managed to escape while in hospital and fled Ukraine for the second time.