Renato Usatîi

Renato Usatîi
Mayor of Bălți
Assumed office
2 July 2015
Preceded by Vasili Panciuc
Personal details
Born Renato Usatîi
(1978-11-04) 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, philanthropist
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

  1. ↑ Emisiunea „În Profunzime” cu Lorena Bogza: invitat Renato Usatîi, protv.md (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ "Бизнесмен Ренато Усатый стал председателем "Нашей партии"". General Media Group. 14 April 2014. pp. Publika.md. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Бизнесмен Ренато Усатый лидирует на выборах мэра Бельцов в Молдавии" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Биография Ренато Усатого" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Marc Champion (24 November 2014). "Russia's Project Moldova". Bloombergview.com.
  7. ↑ Братерский, Александр (23 October 2015). "Усатого взяли за прослушку". Gazeta.ru. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Молдавский оппозиционер Ренато Усатый освобожден из-под стражи". Izvestiya. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
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