Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has sent a petition to Panama asking to extradite former head of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects Management of Ukraine Vladyslav Kaskiv for criminal prosecution, PGO spokesperson Larysa Sargan wrote on her Facebook page on August 20.

"On the first day after Kaskiv was detained we urgently informed the authorized agencies of Panama that we have a criminal case against Kaskiv. We will ask to extradite him in the near term. I can inform you now that yesterday our petition to extradite Kaskiv had been handed to the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine and now diplomatic executives to send the documents to Panama," Sargan said, citing Deputy Prosecutor General Yevhen Yenin.

According to the report, at present PGO does not have reliable information what pre-trial restriction was imposed on Kaskiv by Panama.

"We asked to arrest him. I hope that in coming days we will know the decision on this petition," Yenin said. He added that PGO cannot say about the terms of Kaskiv's extradition, as Ukraine first initiates this procedure with Panama.

On August 18, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko said that Kaskiv was detained in Panama.

Kaskiv headed the State Agency for Investment and the National Projects Management of Ukraine in 2010-2014.