Ukraine's former Acting Defense Minister Valeriy Ivaschenko had swollen legs at the end of last week, when doctors from Kyiv's pre-trial detention center examined him, the press office of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine reported on May 7.
“The State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine states that at the end of last week, during an examination by doctors from Kyiv’s pre-trial detention center, they diagnosed swelling of the prisoner’s legs. In this regard, the head of the medical unit recommended additional medicines, which eliminated the detected edema and improved the condition of the prisoner,” reads the statement.
The service note that as of May 7, Ivaschenko’s health was assessed by prison doctors as satisfactory and that he did not need inpatient treatment.
Kyiv’s Pechersky District Court sentenced Ivaschenko to five years in prison on April 12, 2012, banning him at the same time from occupying government and administrative positions for three years. Ivaschenko’s pretrial detention since August 21, 2010 has been counted toward the prison term set by the court.
Ivaschenko himself and his defense team challenged the sentence.
While serving as an acting defense minister in November 2009, Ivaschenko signed a financial recovery plan for the Feodosia Ship and Mechanical Plant drawn up by a former head of the plant’s financial recovery procedures. The document envisioned the sale of government property, including three berths, a bomb shelter, and a building for the storage of mobilization reserves.
