[6] According to media reports, his father Andrei Alikhanov was one of the founders of a large company Rosmysomoltorg (with a 20% stake) and is an old friend of former First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and businessman Oleg Mitvol.

[10] On 22 September 2015, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Kaliningrad Regional Government in charge of agriculture and industry.

[13] In March 2021 Alikhanov announced the intention to participate in the elections the governor of the Kaliningrad oblast' in 2022 which he won with 80.21% of votes.

[16] His wife’s grandfather, Mogeli Shalvovich Khubutia, is the chief doctor of the Moscow Research Institute of Sklifosovsky.

The brother of the vice-governor - Georgy Alikhanov is studying at the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry and playing in a musical group.

[18] In December 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Alikhanov and 28 other governors of the federal subjects of Russia to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List due to their involvement in the enforcement of the conscription of Russian citizens in response to the mobilization order in September 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.