1. Andriy Yevheniiovych Biletsky is a Ukrainian far-right politician.
21 Facts About Andriy Biletsky
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Andriy Biletsky is the leader of political party National Corps.
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Andriy Biletsky was the first commander of the volunteer militia Azov Battalion, which he founded in 2014, and a co-founder of the nationalist movement Social-National Assembly.
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From 2014 until 2019, Biletsky was a People's Deputy of Ukraine.
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Andriy Biletsky was born in 1979 in Kharkiv, Soviet Union.
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In 2001, Andriy Biletsky graduated with honors from the History faculty of the University of Kharkiv.
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In 2002 Andriy Biletsky became a leader of the Kharkiv branch of the political organization Tryzub, and was a member of the Kharkiv section of the Social-National Party of Ukraine, but opposed the idea of its transformation into Svoboda.
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Since 2005, Andriy Biletsky cooperated with the newly established Ukrainian Conservative Party.
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On 12 March 2014, Andriy Biletsky became a party leader in special operations for the "Right Sector - East," which included such regions as Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts.
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On 5 May 2014, in Berdyansk Andriy Biletsky became a founder of the Azov Battalion, and its first commander.
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On 13 June 2014, Andriy Biletsky led his detachment in the successful First Battle of Mariupol.
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On 2 August 2014, Andriy Biletsky, holding a rank of Major of Militsiya, was awarded the Order For Courage and promoted to lieutenant colonel of police on 15 August 2014.
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On 10 September 2014, Andriy Biletsky was admitted to the military council of the People's Front, yet did not become a member of the party.
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On October 14,2016, Andriy Biletsky was voted as the leader of the newly formed party National Corps.
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In October 2016 Andriy Biletsky officially left the Ukrainian National Guard because Ukrainian elected officials were barred from military service, but he vowed to continue his military career "without titles".
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Andriy Biletsky missed all sittings of the Verkhovna Rada in 2016 and did not appear in parliament as of March 2017.
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Andriy Biletsky alleged Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov made up these remarks against him.
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Andriy Biletsky has denied being racist and antisemitic, considers Israel and Japan as example models for Ukraine's development.
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Until 2011 Andriy Biletsky was in favour of forming a confederation between Russia and Ukraine, with Kyiv as its capital, according to BBC News Ukrainian.
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In 2018, The Guardian reported that Andriy Biletsky "has toned down his rhetoric in recent years".
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From 2003 to 2016, Andriy Biletsky was married to Yuliya Oleksandrivna Biletska ; their son was born in 2007.