Borys Albertovych Filatov ( uk, Борис Альбертович Філатов; born 7 March 1972, in

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petrovsk) is a

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politician, journalist, lawyer, businessman, and the current Mayor of

. In 2014 and 2015 he was a member of the

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, the Ukrainian parliament.

Biography

On 4 March 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of

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on internal affairs. In the

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s located in

petrovsk with 56.66% of the votes and became thus a member of the Ukrainian parliament (on 27 November 2014). In parliament he joined the inter-fractional group

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Filatov was elected Mayor of Dnipropetrovsk (on 15 November 2015) as a

UKROP UKROP ( uk, УКРОП, lit=dill in Russian), short for the Ukrainian Association of Patriots ( uk, Українське об'єднання патріотів, Ukrainske ob'ednannya patriotiv), was a political party in Ukraine.Borys Filatov becomes Dnipropetrovsk mayor – election commission

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(18 November 2015) On 24 November 2015 Filatov resigned as member of parliament. In June 2020 Filatov was one of the founders and joined the new party

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. Filatov was reelected Mayor of Dnipro in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections, this time as a member of Proposition.

Controversies

In September 2014, Filatov threatened in public journalist

Anatoly Shariy Anatoly Anatoliyevich ShariyIn the names of his internet resources Anatoly Shariy spells his name as "Sharij" ( uk, Анатолій Анатолійович Шарій, russian: Анато́лий Анато́льевич Шари́й; born 20 ...

, using obscene words and promising to beat the journalist. On 7 April 2020,

Oleksandr Dubinsky Oleksandr Anatoliiovych Dubinsky ( uk, Олекса́ндр Анато́лійович Дубі́нський; born 18 April 1981) is a Ukrainian journalist, politician, blogger, presenter of "Money" TV show on 1 + 1 channel. He has been a ...

shared a screenshot (supposedly fake) on his Facebook page in which, on behalf of Filatov, it was promised to shoot pets that residents walk in parks during quarantine. Later on, Dubinsky placed another statement saying that Filatov removed his initial post about pets from his page and affronted the mayor. In comments section under the Dubinsky’s post with insults, Filatov threatened Dubinsky using foul language with mutilations to be inflicted once they meet and literally said that Benia’s (presumably local oligarch

Ihor Kolomoyskyi Ihor Valeriyovych Kolomoyskyi ( uk, Ігор Валерійович Коломойський, translit=Ihor Valereriyovych Kolomoyskyi; he, איגור קולומויסקי; born 13 February 1963) is a Ukrainian-born billionaire, business magn ...

’s) security staff won’t save him. Moreover, Filatov published a post himself where he called (likely) Dubinsky a "Bearded Nana’s (a local nickname for Kolomoyskyi) sidekick".

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