Renato Usatîi

Renato Usatîi (4 November 1978, Fălești) is a Moldovan businessman and politician, since 13 April 2014 the chairman of Our Party, a left-wing populist opposition party.[1] In 2015, he was elected the mayor of Bălți with the support of around 72% of votes.[2] He is a leader of the pro-Russian opposition in Moldova.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] On 25 October he was released; the charges were not dismissed.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Бизнесмен Ренато Усатый стал председателем "Нашей партии"". General Media Group. 14 April 2014. pp. Publika.md. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Бизнесмен Ренато Усатый лидирует на выборах мэра Бельцов в Молдавии" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Биография Ренато Усатого" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Братерский, Александр; Андрей Винокуров (23 October 2015). "Усатого взяли за прослушку". Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 26 October 2015. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthors= (help)
  6. ↑ "Молдавский оппозиционер Ренато Усатый освобожден из-под стражи". Izvestiya. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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