Raisa Vasylivna Bohatyriova ( uk, Раїса Василівна Богатирьова; russian: Раиса Васильевна Богатырёва) (born on January 6, 1953) is a

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politician and former

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and

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Bohatyriova appointed vice premier and health minister

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(14 February 2012) and former Secretary of

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. In the past, Bohatyriova served as a People's Deputy of the

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(parliament) for the

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and more recently the

Party of Regions The Party of Regions ( uk, Партія регіонів, Partiia rehioniv, ; russian: Партия регионов, Partiya regionov) was a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997 that then grew to be the biggest party of Uk ...

. In October 2014 Bohatyriova was put on its wanted list by Ukrainian authorities as a suspect of large-scale embezzlement of state budget funds. According to the Ukrainian government she has since repaid government funds that had allegedly been misappropriated. At the time her whereabouts were unknown. On 27 August 2019 Bohatyriova returned to Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian magazine ''

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'', Bohatyriova has placed among the top 10 most influential women in Ukraine since 2005–2010 (five years). She was recognized as the second most influential woman in 2006–2008 after

Yulia Tymoshenko Yulia Volodymyrivna Tymoshenko ( uk, Юлія Володимирівна Тимошенко, ; Hrihyan ();Bakal,

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, of the

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(then the

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) to family of workers. She was born on the day of the

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according to the

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Christianity. Her father is Vasyl Petrovych Laktionov (1912–1985) and mother – Hanna Markivna Laktionova (born 1918). Bohatyriova has two older sisters Valentyna and Vira. On her website she claims that her family is from village of Protopopivka in

Kharkiv Oblast Kharkiv Oblast ( uk, Харківська́ о́бласть, translit=Kharkivska oblast), also referred to as Kharkivshchyna ( uk, Ха́рківщина), is an oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine. The oblast borders Russia to the north, Luhans ...

. Bohatyriova also stated that her ancestors are from the

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. Bohatyriova married her husband sometime in 1975. Her husband Ihor Oleksandrovych at that time was a student at the

Kharkiv Aviation Institute Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

. Bohatyriova sympathizes with

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and reads

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and

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. In 1971 Bohatyriova enrolled at the Luhansk Medical Institute. In 1977 she graduated from

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kyiv University Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

, specializing in Jurisprudence, qualifications – Lawyer, Medical Doctor, professor. Her candidate dissertation ''Optimal System of Mass Ultrasound Screening of the Pregnant'' she defended in the

Kharkiv National Medical University Kharkiv National Medical University ( uk, Харківський національний медичний університет), formerly known as Kharkiv Medical Institute and previously Kharkiv State Medical University, is a medical univer ...

in 1996. In 2000 Bohatyriova defended her doctorate dissertation ''Role of Inborn and Inherited Pathology in Reproductive Losses of a Family'' in the same university.

Career

In 1997–2003, Bohatyriova was the Secretary of the Supervisory Board at the National Fund of Social Protection for Mothers and Children Ukraine to Children.

Political career

Bohatyriova was a member of the

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and a member of the organizational committee in the creation of the

Socialist Party of Ukraine The Socialist Party of Ukraine ( uk, Соціалістична Партія України, translit=Sotsialistychna Partiia Ukrayiny, SPU) was a social democratic and democratic socialist political party in Ukraine. It was one of the oldest par ...

. She was elected to the

by the members of the

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city hospital as a people's deputy, a duty of which she accepted on May 15, 1990. On her website Bohatyriova claims that during her initial experience in the

let her to get a real sense of the

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. In March 1994 Bohatyriova was not re-elected, yet was appointed as a Deputy of Minister of Health Security. She made a career in this position working her way up to be appointed as a Minister of the portfolio on January 27, 1999. On January 12, 2000 Bohatyriova was deposed as a Minister of Health Security when the

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was appointed

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, however in few months she was appointed as a science adviser to the

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. In July 2000 Bohatyriova was again elected to the parliament now as a member of the

. She left her faction once she became a people's deputy and was unaffiliated until March 2001. In March 2001 Bohatyriova joined the ''Regions of Ukraine'' group and in November its faction. In April 2002 she was re-elected by the

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block as the leader of the

. Bohatyriova was re-elected once again in April 2006 as the Party of Regions member placing sixth on the party list. From July 2006 until February 2007 she was a member of the Budget Committee. In November 2007 during the all-national reelections Bohatyriova again became a member of the

from the Party of Region. On December 24, 2007 she received an appointment from the

to head the Secretariat of the

. On January 28, 2008 the administration of Party of Regions excluded her out the party's list. On 14 February 2012 Bohatyriova was removed from the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine and appointed

On 24 February 2014, just after the "

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",Ukraine: Speaker Oleksandr Turchynov named interim president

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(23 February 2014)
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(23 February 2014) the Verkhovna Rada dismissed Bohatyriova.

Criminal proceedings against Bohatyriova

United States

In 2008, both Dmitry Itkin (russian: Дмитрий Иткин; born 23 October 1963) and Viktor Naishuller (russian: Виктор Найшулер; born 1956

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), who are very close to

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, assisted Raisa Bohatyriova with numerous suspicious real estate purchases and alleged money laundering through the

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based firm Ideal Real Estate.

Ukraine

On 20 October 2014 Bohatyriova was declared a suspect of the crime of large-scale embezzlement of ₴6 million in budget funds, the next day she was placed on the wanted list and the court ordered the seizure of three apartments in

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, one apartments in

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and three houses in (the village) Pidhirtsi (in

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) owned by her and her husband. Early March 2014 the

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froze all funds belonging to Bohatyriova because they also suspected her of illegal use of budget funds. On January 12, 2015 Interpol published an international red notice again Bohatyriova as wanted for corruption and charges of “misappropriation, embezzlement or conversion of property by malversation". According to the Ukrainian government she has since repaid government funds that had been allegedly misappropriated. For this her funds in the EU were unfrozen. The years following the

2014 Ukrainian revolution The Revolution of Dignity ( uk, Революція гідності, translit=Revoliutsiia hidnosti) also known as the Maidan Revolution or the Ukrainian Revolution,

Bohatyriova's whereabouts were unknown.Ukraine accuses Russia of breaking CIS agreements over Yanukovych extradition

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(12 January 2015) On 27 August 2019 Bohatyriova returned to Ukraine and was immediately detained by the police. She was released from the pre-trial detention center two days later after

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had posted bail for her.Gold bar and the badge of the "Party of Regions": Bohatyriova's property was seized

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(14 July 2020).

Awards and titles

Order of Princess Olga The Order of Princess Olga ( uk, Орден княгині Ольги) is a Ukrainian civil decoration, featuring Olga of Kiev and bestowed to women for "personal merits in state, production, scientific, educational, cultural, charity and other ...

, III class (2002) *Awardee of the State Prize of Ukraine in science and technology (1999) *Honored Doctor of Ukraine (2001) *Honorary citizen of

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(2007)

Notes

References

External links

Raisa Bohatyriova
— Personal website
Party of Regions
— Official Web site of the

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