1. Andrey Vasilievich Filatov is a Russian businessperson.
26 Facts About Andrey Filatov
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Andrey Filatov's companies have stakes in the energy sector in Uzbekistan and Russia.
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Andrey Filatov is President of the Chess Federation of Russia.
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Andrey Filatov completed secondary education at Junior Sporting School 9 in the city of Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, USSR.
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Andrey Filatov was ranked Candidate for Master of Sport of the USSR.
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Andrey Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of the French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Andrey Filatov is Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor Medal.
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In 2016, for merits in development of physical culture and sports, Andrey Filatov was honored with the Russian Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".
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In October 2015, Andrey Filatov announced consolidation into Tuloma Investment Company, which specializes in investing in Russian companies and shares, of his personal assets.
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In November 2017, Andrey Filatov embarked on a PSA project to develop "25 Years of Independence", one of the largest gas deposits in Uzbekistan, with estimated reserves of 100 bcm.
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Andrey Filatov is a member of the Economic Council of French and Russian Businesses of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Andrey Filatov is a member of the Valaam Monastery Board of Guardians.
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Andrey Filatov was the initiator and sponsor of the World Chess Championship 2012 held in Moscow in 2012, in the State Tretyakov Gallery.
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Andrey Filatov funded the restoration of the tombstone monument to one of the greatest chess players, Alexander Alekhine, the first world champion who was Russian by birth, in Paris.
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In memory of his first chess coach, Alexander Valerianovich Sinitsyn, Andrey Filatov set up the Sinitsyn Memorial international children chess festival, which has been held in Dnepropetrovsk since 2001.
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On 1 February 2014 at the 22nd congress of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrey Filatov was elected President of the Russian Chess Federation.
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Andrey Filatov hold office as vice president of FIDE from 2014 to 2018.
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From January 2016, Andrey Filatov is the senior coach of the Russian men's national chess team.
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In 2016 Andrey Filatov was awarded a title of FIDE Senior trainer.
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On 20 July 2018, Andrey Filatov announced the national team roster for the upcoming World Chess Olympiad in Batumi.
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In 2014, Andrey Filatov became the owner of Chateau La Grace Dieu Des Prieurs, a French winemaker situated in Saint-Emilion, part of the Bordeaux winemaking region.
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In June 2022, the wine-and-chess case based on the design idea of Andrey Filatov, won a prize of A' Design Award and Competition in the Packaging Design category.
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On 3 February 2018, Andrey Filatov was re-elected RCF President by the XIII Congress of the Russian Chess Federation.
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In June 2020, Andrey Filatov offered to acquire the monument to Theodore Roosevelt in New York City and the monument to Alexander Baranov in Sitka, AK, in the event that a decision was made to remove them.
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On 17 December 2022, Andrey Filatov was re-elected as CFR President.
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In 2012, Andrey Filatov established the Filatov Family Art Fund, to collect Russian and Soviet paintings and sculptures found abroad.