A court decision has been issued in Russia regarding the former deputy.
Modern.az reports with reference to foreign media that Moscow's Meshchan District Court has issued an in absentia arrest warrant for Alexander Ter-Avanesov, former Kostroma senator and ex-member of the local Duma.
He is accused of fraud related to the embezzlement of funds from the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is reported that the conversation is about the appropriation of more than 4 billion rubles.
According to the information, Ter-Avanesov was put on the federal wanted list in absentia at the end of 2025.
It should be noted that Alexander Ter-Avanesov was born in Baku in 1969. He was a member of the Federation Council of Russia from the Kostroma regional duma in 2006-2015, and then served as a deputy of that legislative p. In 2016-2023, he worked as the Senior Vice-President of VTB Bank.
