KIEV, Jan. 16 - Former head of Kharkiv regional state administration and head the Kharkiv regional branch of the party, Arsen Avakov, could stay near Milan (Italy), the Komsomolskaya Pravda v Ukraine newspaper issued on Saturday reports.

"In the middle of September Avakov left the Kharkiv airport heading to Vienna when his business felt pressure and his television channel was deprived of a license. He has not been seen in the country since then. In October he presented his project in Armenia – he was seen there for the last time. I think that he lives near Milan where he has a house," a well-informed source told the newspaper.