Alexandr Nesterovschi

{{Short description|Moldovan politician (born 1981)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alexandr Nesterovschi

| office = Member of the Moldovan Parliament

| image = Нестеровский Александр.png

| caption = Nesterovschi in 2017

| term_start = 15 February 2022

| predecessor = Svetlana Căpățînă

| termstart1 = 9 December 2014

| termend1 = 23 July 2021

| parliamentarygroup = Bloc of Communists and Socialists
Revival Party

| parliamentarygroup1 = Party of Socialists

| honorific_suffix = MP

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|1|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Răuțel, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union

}}

Alexandr Nesterovschi (born 11 January 1981) is a Moldovan politician who serves as a Member of the Moldovan Parliament since 2014.{{Cite web |title=Members of the Parliament |url=https://www.parlament.md/StructuraParlamentului/Deputa%C8%9Bii/tabid/87/Id/569/language/en-US/Default.aspx |website=Parliament of Moldova}}{{Cite web |title=MPs Nesterovschi and Lozovan collect signatures in support of new party |url=https://www.ipn.md/en/mps-nesterovschi-and-lozovan-collect-signatures-in-support-of-new-7965_1096390.html |website=IPN Press Agency}}

Nesterovschi was sentenced on 19 March 2025 to 12 years in prison. He did not attend the hearing. He was charged with passive corruption; he accepted funds from Moldovan fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor to found a political party. On the same day, Russian media announced that Nesterovschi had received Russian citizenship, for which he expressed gratitude in a statement to RIA Novosti.{{cite news|url=https://www.zdg.md/stiri/stiri-justitie/ultima-ora-alexandr-nesterovschi-condamnat-la-12-ani-de-detentie-deputatul-transfug-nu-s-a-prezentat-la-sedinta-si-a-fost-anuntat-in-cautare/|title=Alexandr Nesterovschi, condamnat la 12 ani de detenție. Deputatul transfug nu s-a prezentat la ședință și a fost anunțat în căutare|first=Măriuța|last=Nistor|newspaper=Ziarul de Gardă|date=19 March 2025|language=ro}} According to Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) parliament member Lilian Carp, Nesterovschi escaped either to the {{ill|Embassy of Russia, Chișinău|lt=Russian embassy|ro|Ambasada Rusiei în Republica Moldova|ru|Посольство России в Молдавии}} or to the Russian-backed unrecognized breakaway region of Transnistria.{{cite news|url=https://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/4919efe3e2e1d80b/lilian-carp-nesterovschi-nu-a-parasit-legal-rm-se-afla-fie-pe-teritoriul-ambasadei-ruse-fie-in-transnistria.html|title=Lilian Carp: "Nesterovschi nu a părăsit legal RM; Se află fie pe teritoriul Ambasadei ruse, fie în Transnistria"|newspaper=Jurnal de Chișinău|date=19 March 2025|language=ro}}

Moldova expelled three Russian diplomats from the country on suspicion of involvement in Nesterovschi's escape,{{cite web |title=Moldova Expels Russian Diplomats Over Alleged Role in MP’s Escape |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/31/moldova-expels-russian-diplomats-over-alleged-role-in-mps-escape-a88548 |access-date=31 March 2025 |work=The Moscow Times}} prompting Russia to retaliate by expelling three Moldovan diplomats from the country.{{cite web |title=Russia Expels Moldovan Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Move |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/04/russia-expels-moldovan-diplomats-in-tit-for-tat-move-a88610 |access-date=4 April 2025 |work=The Moscow Times}}