Krasnoyarsk Health Ministry officials were fired due to problems with subsidized medications. 

In Krasnoyarsk, Deputy Minister of Financial and Economic Affairs Oksana Afanasyeva and Head of the Public Procurement Department Tatyana Erokhina were fired. According to Prospekt Mira, Afanasyeva failed to create a registry of drug subsidies, and Erokhina stopped processing applications and failed to submit data to the state procurement agency. 

The ministry also told the publication that Erokhina left her post "of her own accord," and Afanasyeva was fired for violating government service regulations. The former officials did not respond to journalists' questions. 

Residents of the Krasnoyarsk Territory are facing problems with subsidized medications. complained since the beginning of the year. A criminal case was then opened in May at the Ministry of Health completed The searches were conducted—the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, was ordered to report on the investigation's progress. After the investigation began, former Health Minister Natalya Govorushkina was accused of causing drug shortages and resigned.