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The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office is planning to raise the issue of the extradition of internationally wanted Ukrainian citizen Viktor Yanukovych if the report of his being in Russia is confirmed, reads a statement posted on the Web site of the Prosecutor General's Office on Friday. 

The main investigation department of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office has declared Yanukovych a suspect in the premeditated mass murder of people committed in a manner dangerous to the lives of many persons, on preliminary collusion with a group of persons, as well as abuse of power and office.