KIEV, Oct. 24 – The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has placed on the wanted list former Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Raisa Bohatyriova, who is a suspect in criminal proceedings on the large-scale embezzlement of state funds.

"On October 21, she was declared wanted under a resolution of the Prosecutor General's Office investigator, and on October 23, the court granted permission to detain this person and bring her to court to consider an application on taking her into custody," the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office reported on Friday.