Members of the Ukrainian SBU Security Service have detained former "Health Minister" of Russian-annexed Crimea Petro Mykhalchevsky in Kyiv on Friday, January 5, according to the SBU press center.
The SBU conducted a raid on his temporary dwelling in a newly built high-rise residential building on the outskirts of Kyiv as part of criminal proceedings under Articles 110 and 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, it said.
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As reported, the SBU established that the so-called former "Health Minister of Crimea" directly participated in the formation of illegal Russian-controlled authorities in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
An investigation is under way.