KIEV, March 5 –Ukraine's former Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov has been arrested in Spain, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.

"We can confirm the arrest of Kolobov in Spain. The documents were received from Interpol," a spokesperson for the ministry told Interfax.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said it was studying reports about Kolobov's arrest. "The Foreign Ministry is checking this information," its spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis told Interfax.