Renato Usatîi
| Renato Usatîi | |
|---|---|
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| Mayor of Bălți | |
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Assumed office 2 July 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Vasili Panciuc |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Renato Usatîi 4 November 1978 Fălești, Moldovan SSR, USSR |
| Citizenship |
Moldova Russia[1] |
| Nationality | Moldova |
| Political party |
Partidul Nostru (2014-) „PaRUs” (2014) „Patria” (2014) |
| Alma mater | Alecu Russo State University of Bălți |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician, philantropist |
| Website | http://ru1.md |
Renato Usatîi (born 4 November 1978 in Fălești) is a Moldovan businessman and politician, since 13 April 2014 the chairman of Our Party, a left-wing populist opposition party.[2] In 2015, he was elected the mayor of Bălți with the support of around 72% of votes.[3] He is a leader of the pro-Russian opposition in Moldova.[4]
Usatîi graduated in foreign languages from the Bălți State University. In 2005 he started his own business, founding in Russia ″VPT-NN″, a company producing railway equipment. Since 2011, he was the major stakeholder of Universalbank, one of the major banks of Moldova.[5]
In July 2014, Russian banker German Gorbuntsov accused Renato Usatîi of hiring a gunman to kill him.[6]
On 23 October 2015 Usatîi was arrested in Chișinău and charged with illegal tampering of phone of Vlad Filat, the former prime-minister who himself was arrested for corruption charges. Usatîi confessed he indeed published the phone records but that he thinks it is a necessary measure in order to save the country from corruption.[7] On 25 October he was released; the charges were not dismissed.[8]
References
- ↑ Emisiunea „În Profunzime” cu Lorena Bogza: invitat Renato Usatîi, protv.md (Romanian)
- ↑ "Бизнесмен Ренато Усатый стал председателем "Нашей партии"". General Media Group. 14 April 2014. pp. Publika.md. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ "Бизнесмен Ренато Усатый лидирует на выборах мэра Бельцов в Молдавии" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ "Renato Usatîi a plecat la Moscova, dar promite noi dezvăluiri despre liderii de la guvernare" (in Romanian). realitatea.net. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "Биография Ренато Усатого" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ Marc Champion (24 November 2014). "Russia's Project Moldova". Bloombergview.com.
- ↑ Братерский, Александр (23 October 2015). "Усатого взяли за прослушку". Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ "Молдавский оппозиционер Ренато Усатый освобожден из-под стражи". Izvestiya. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.