Introduction
Borys Albertovich Filatov (Ukrainian: Борис Альбертович Філатов; born 7 March 1972, in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist, lawyer, businessman, and the current Mayor of Dnipro. In 2014 and 2015 he was a member of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament.
Biography
On 4 March 2014, he was appointed Deputy Chairman of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration on internal affairs.
In the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election Filatov as an independent candidate won a single-member districts located in Dnipropetrovsk with56.66% of the votes and became thus a member of the Ukrainian parliament (on 27 November 2014). In parliament he joined the inter-fractional group Ukrop.
In the 2015 Ukrainian local elections Filatov was elected Mayor of Dnipropetrovsk (on 15 November 2015). On 24 November 2015 Filatov resigned as member of parliament.
Scandals
In September 2014, Filatov threatened in public journalist Anatoly Shariy, using obscene words and promising to beat the journalist.
On April 7, 2020, Oleksandr Dubinsky 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 Kolomoyskyi’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”.