Four Ukrainian nationals, including member of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Vladimir Parasyuk, have been arrested in absentia in Russia for attacking Russian diplomatic missions and put on the international wanted list, Russian Investigative Committee Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said on Wednesday.

The investigation has established that Ukrainian citizens Vladimir Romantsev, Alexey Bakay and Vladimir Nazarenko were involved in the 2014 attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev, while member of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Vladimir Parasyuk was involved in the attack on the Russian Consulate General in Lvov in March 2016 and the desecration of Russia’s national flag.

"The above-mentioned individuals have been put on the international wanted list and, at the request of investigators, the court has imposed in absentia a pre-trial restraint in the form of custody on them," Petrenko said.