KYIV, Sept 3 – The volume of imports of medicines from the Russian Federation in the past five years (since 2013) in money terms fell almost by 71.5%, to $29.794 million, the press service of Ukraine's Health Ministry has reported.

"After the annexation of Crimea and the beginning of the war in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine has a clear tendency decreasing import of pharmaceutical products to Ukraine from the Russian Federation," the ministry said.