Ex-official of the Federal Property Management Agency Avakian escaped from the courtroom in Kronstadt

Boris Avakian, an ex-official of the Federal Property Management Agency, escaped during a court hearing and took refuge in the Armenian consulate. This was announced on September 23 by the 78 TV channel.

"Under the pretext of "going out for a smoke," the defendant ended up on the street. Then there is a rapid succession of events. With a flash of his shoe, Avakian found himself in a car and drove off towards St. Petersburg. <...> Now the ex-official, who escaped from arrest twice, is hiding in the Armenian consulate, which is located on Bolshoy Prospekt Vasilyevsky Island," the broadcaster clarifies.

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