MOSCOW, April 26 (RAPSI) – Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant in absentia for Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Grigorishin who stands charged with tax evasion amounting to 674 million rubles ($10.2 million), RAPSI reported from the courtroom.

Judge Artur Karpov ruled to place Grigorishin in detention for two months immediately after his extradition or arrest in Russia.

Earlier, the businessman has been put on the international wanted list.

Russian investigators claim that from 2009 to 2010, Grigorishin failed to pay taxes worth 674 million rubles on "PIK Sozidanie", the company he owns.

In 2015, Forbes ranked Grigorishin as “leading river ship owner in Ukraine” with a $1.1 billion fortune.  According to the magazine, despite the fact that the billionaire was born in Zaporozhye and most of his assets are in Ukraine, he is a Cyprus national and does not have a Ukrainian passport.