An organized group led by a citizen of the Russian Federation has been exposed. The Prosecutor General's Office and the National Police of Ukraine have halted the activities of an established scheme for supplying Russian homeopathic medicines to the territory of Ukraine for sale and profit, which were later transferred to representatives of the aggressor state.

It was found that this scheme was organized by a member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the owner of a large pharmaceutical holding in the Russian Federation. Through controlled individuals, in the early 2000s, he created a subsidiary in Ukraine with a nearly identical name.

After 2014, the holding opened production in a European state adjacent to Russia to circumvent sanctions and cover up supplies. In fact, they only changed the packaging of Russian medicines—disguising them as products of European origin. Subsequently, the import of the product was put "on the flow."

The owner of the Russian holding involved the founder and director of the Ukrainian enterprise, the responsible person for quality control, the manager of registration of medicinal products and pharmacovigilance, as well as the chief accountant of this enterprise in this scheme.

According to the investigation, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the pharmaceutical company, the official representative of the Russian holding in Ukraine, has not ceased its operations; instead, it has intensified measures to disguise its activities and continued to support the economy of the aggressor state.

Since then, medical preparations of Russian origin worth more than UAH 270 million have been sold. Part of the funds was transferred to the accounts of the enterprises of the final beneficiary—a citizen of the Russian Federation.

A number of medicinal products were made from rabbit droppings, snake venom, and crushed bodies of honey bees. Their medicinal properties have not been confirmed by any international studies, and their use may pose a health threat.

Under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office, based on the collected evidence, the organizer and all participants of the scheme have been notified of suspicion of conducting economic activity in cooperation with the aggressor state, which was committed as part of an organized group (part 3 of Art. 28, part 4 of Art. 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

During searches of offices, transport, and their places of residence, more than 40 boxes of documentation for medicinal products, computer equipment, and mobile phones were seized, containing correspondence between the management of the Ukrainian company and the Russian holding, where profit distribution, withdrawal of funds, price coordination, advertising, avoidance of sanctions, and concealment of the country of origin of products were discussed.

As part of the investigation, a house with an area of more than 700 square meters has been seized in the center of Kyiv, which belongs to the owner of the Russian holding and was used as an office and warehouse for homeopathy. Additionally, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine has initiated the issue of canceling registration certificates and state registration for 11 medicinal products owned by a Ukrainian enterprise.

The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Main Investigative Department of the National Police of Ukraine with the operational support of the Department of Strategic Investigations.

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a guilty verdict of the court.

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“Shadow” supplies of Russian drugs worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias during a full-scale invasion. Among the organizers is the owner of a Russian pharmaceutical holding and the director of a subsidiary company from Ukraine