Anya Krasnova-Harutyunyan

Anahit "Anya" Krasnova-Harutyunyan (née Movsesian; x|Russian: Анаит "Аня" Краснова-Арутюнян, x|Armenian: Անահիտ Կրասնովա-Հարությունյան; born 6 March 1972) is a fictional character portrayed by Anush Petrosyan in the x|Channel One Russia serial drama Krasnovy. An x|Armenian immigrant in x|Moscow, Anya is the new wife of oil baron Alexander Krasnov and stepmother to his three children Peter, Natasha, and Dima. After coming into the Krasnov's family's life and business, Anya accidentally brings her demons and dark past along with her.

Character background and personality
Anya was born on 6 March 1972 in x|Yerevan, Armenia as Anahit Movsesian. She grew up in an economically disadvantaged family, with her father abandoning her, her mother, and her elder sister x|Lusine when Anya was a young child. Anya's mother later died while she was a teenager, and she subsequently was raised by her elder sister. At age 18, Anya stole money from the x|Armenian mafia, which Lusine's husband was working for. Afterwards, she ran away with the money to x|Moscow and changed her name from Anahit Mavsesian to Anya Harutyunyan in order to start a new life for herself. After putting herself through university while in Russia with the money she had stolen, Anya found herself working in an executive position at Krasnov Industries, the company headed by oil baron Alexander Krasnov. They soon began a romantic relationship and eventually marry in the series premiere, beginning a power struggle between Anya and Alexander's daughter Natasha. The rivalry intensifies when Anya is given the promotion to chief operating officer (COO) that Alexander had promised Natasha, but when Anya's niece Nora shows up in Moscow, her dark past begins to catch up with her.

Anya is generally an understanding and compassionate woman who is eager to put her past behind her and move on as a successful career woman. However, she is fiercely loyal to the ones she loves and will not back down without a fight. At first she attempts to play nice with Natasha, but after discovering that Natasha meant war, Anya decided she wasn't going to go down easy. Despite her past, Anya is still the voice of reason in the manipulative and morally ambiguous Krasnov family.