Interpol stopped searching for the former Ukrainian Energy Minister in the government of Mykola Azarov Eduard Stavitsky, Stavitsky's lawyer Yury Ivashchenko said on Wednesday, May 3. He also made public on his Facebook page copies of Interpol's responses to lawyer inquiries.

"The Interpol files monitoring commission at the 99th session decided to end the search for Eduard Stavitsky. Today we received an official confirmation from Interpol and the Interpol Monitoring Commission, "Ivashchenko said..

According to the lawyer, Interpol recognized the criminal prosecution of his client as political. At the same time, in the response of the Interpol Monitoring Commission as a motivation for the removal of Stavitsky from the search, there was a discrepancy in the Stavitsky case with Interpol rules.