Tatyana Bykovskaya was released from prison early.

A court in Krasnodar Krai has released former Rostov Region Health Minister Tatyana Bykovskaya from prison on parole.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," in March 2024, the Kushchevsky District Court in Krasnodar Krai sentenced former Rostov Region Health Minister Tatyana Bykovskaya to 4.5 years in prison, finding her guilty of abuse of power. Bykovskaya's lawyers appealed the verdict in the appellate and cassation courts. In August of that year, she was transferred to Penal Colony No. 3 in Krasnodar Krai.

The former head of the Rostov Region Ministry of Health, convicted of abuse of power, has been released from prison. The court, having reviewed Bykovskaya's parole petition, agreed to release her early.

"The petition was granted by the Ust-Labinsk Court," Interfax-Yug quotes a representative of the United Press Service of the Kuban Courts as saying.

Tatyana Bykovskaya and her subordinates were detained in November 2019. Bykovskaya and her deputy, Stanislav Besedovsky, were charged under Article 286 of the Russian Criminal Code. According to investigators, Besedovsky and Bykovskaya lobbied for a commercial company to secure contracts for the removal and decontamination of medical waste.

Bykovskaya served as the Minister of Health of the Rostov Region for almost 16 years. She left this post almost a year after her arrest – she was fired voluntarily only in October 2020.

On January 20, 2024, the court released Besedovsky from custody on bail, and his criminal prosecution was terminated due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.