Editorial photo #4805034 Crime, Law and Justice

Former Ukrainian Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova Arrested

Former Ukrainian Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova attends a court hearing at the Pechersk district court in Kiev, Ukraine, on 28 August, 2019. The Kyiv's Pechersk district court rules to arrest ex-Health Minister Bohatyriova for two months, setting bail at UAH 6 million ( about $238,663) on August 28, 2019. A former ex-Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova, of government of disgraced Ukrainian president Viktor Yanykovych, was detained by border guards at Kyiv's Zhuliany Airport upon her arrival in Ukraine on August 27, 2019. Bohatyriova had been on the run since 2014 after she was charged with embezzlement of budget funds in 2012 in the amount of UAH 6.5 billion (US$258.5 million) on medication and equipment procurement, as UNIAN inform agency reported. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto)