KIEV, Oct. 13 – Russia's main directorate on issues of migration of Russia's Interior Ministry has confirmed that Viktor Yanukovych is located in Russia on the basis of temporary refugee status, adding that Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) is aware of this fact, Yanukovych's former lawyer Vitaliy Serdiuk said.
"Responding to our query dated July 4, 2016 we can inform you of the following: citizen of Ukraine Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych … has been granted temporary refugee status on the territory of the Russian Federation, as witnessed by the act granting him temporary refugee status on the territory of the Russian Federation, series VU No. 0107999, issued by Russia's Federal Migration Service in Rostov region," reads the statement, dated September 29, issued by the Russian Interior Ministry's office in response to a query by Yanukovych's lawyer received by Interfax-Ukraine.
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