MOSCOW, December 6 (RAPSI) – Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for businessman and chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova Vladimir Plakhotnyuk charged with attempted murder, the court’s spokesperson Yunona Tsareva has told RAPSI.

The man has been put on the international wanted list.

Reportedly, the case against the politician may be connected with the attempted assassination of Russian banker Herman Gorbuntsov, who was grievously wounded in London in 2012.