Acting Prosecutor-General Azimbek Beknazarov told Kyrgyzstan\'s parliament on 6 June that the Prosecutor-General\'s Office has issued an order for the arrest of former Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev, RFE/RL\'s Kyrgyz Service reported. One charge against Tanaev, who is currently in Russia, involves alleged abuse of office involving 40 million soms ($977,000) in state funds that were allegedly transferred to a company controlled by Tanaev\'s son. Beknazarov said an investigative group will depart for Russia to interrogate Tanaev and attempt to arrange his return to Kyrgyzstan to face charges. Gazeta.ru reported on 6 June that an attempt to extradite Tanaev could create difficulties in Russian-Kyrgyz relations. In a possible premonition of those difficulties, Konstantin Zatulin, the head of the Russian State Duma\'s CIS Committee, told the online newspaper that the criminal case against Tanaev is a \"political case\" connected with the 10 July presidential election in Kyrgyzstan. (RFE/RL)