Person attributes
A graduate of the Children's and Youth Sports School No. 9 in Dnepropetrovsk . Candidate Master of Sports of the USSR in chess .
In 1993 he graduated from the Academy of Physical Education and Sports of the Republic of Belarus ( Belarusian State University of Physical Culture ) with a degree in physical education teacher and chess coach.
In 1996, together with partners Konstantin Nikolaev and Nikita Mishin, he founded the Severstaltrans company (in 2008 it was renamed the N-Trans transport and infrastructure group).
He took an active part in the development and implementation of projects in the field of infrastructure development, in particular, in the first Russian road construction project under concession agreements within the framework of Vinci Concession Russie, a joint venture with Vinci SA.
In 2012, he founded the Art Russe Foundation to implement projects to promote Russian art [1] .
In 2014 he was elected President of the Russian Chess Federation [2] .
In 2015 , for his great contribution to the development and popularization of Russian and Soviet art, he was awarded the title of Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts [3] .
In 2016, he was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor for his contribution to the development of interethnic relations between Russia and France . [4]
In May 2016 , for merits in the development of physical culture and sports, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree [5] .
In April 2019 , for the successful performance of the Russian team at the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in St. Petersburg, he was awarded the Order of Friendship, in April 2021 , for the successful performance of the Russian team at the first World Online Chess Olympiad - the Order of Honor. [6]
In December 2021, he became the first owner of a new award - the FIDE Certificate of Honor [7] . On December 28, 2021, at the FIDE General Assembly in Warsaw, he was unanimously elected an honorary member of the organization [8] .
Member of the Economic Council of French and Russian Enterprises of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR).
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Valaam Monastery [9] .
The main asset is Tuloma Investment Company LLC. He is also a co-owner of the private railway group Globaltrans and one of the shareholders of Transoil LLC (7%) [10] .
In October 2015 , he announced the consolidation of his personal assets (except for Transoil and Globaltrans) within the framework of the Tuloma investment company, which specializes in investing in Russian enterprises and shares. Tuloma's investment portfolio includes shares in Coal Mining Investments Ltd., Fabrikant.Ru LLC (Fabrikant.ru), Pskovneft-Terminal LLC, development projects of Volgo-Okskaya Investment Company LLC, Pushkin LLC, StroyengineeringDevelopment LLC, shares of PhosAgro OJSC, NOVATEK OJSC, MegaFon , Lukoil PJSC , Surgutneftegaz OJSC, MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC [11] .
In early 2011, Finance magazine estimated Filatov's fortune at $ 0.92 billion [12] .
In the Russian version of Forbes magazine, in the ranking of the largest businessmen in Russia in 2011, he took 93rd place with a fortune of $ 1.1 billion [13] , in 2012 - 73rd place.
In the 2012 Forbes world ranking , Filatov's fortune was estimated at $ 1.3 billion (960th place in the world) [14] .
In November 2017 , he entered the project for the development on the terms of the PSA of one of the largest gas fields in Uzbekistan "25 Years of Independence" (gas reserves are estimated at 100 billion cubic meters, Filatov's share in the project is 37.5%) [15] [16] .
On October 19, 2018 , Filatov and the Chairman of the Board of JSC "Uzbekneftegaz" Bakhrom Ashrafkhanov signed an additional agreement on the creation of a single investor and commercial conditions for the development of the field "25 Years of Independence" [17] .
In memory of his first chess coach, Alexander Valerianovich Sinitsyn, he founded the Sinitsyn Memorial International Children's Chess Festival. Since 2001, the tournament has been held annually in Dnepropetrovsk [18] .
He financed the restoration of the tombstone in Paris to the first Russian world chess champion Alexander Alekhine [19] .
Member of the Economic Council of French and Russian Enterprises of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR) [20] .
At the initiative of Filatov, a number of social projects and events aimed at promoting cultural exchange between the two countries have been implemented in France . Among other things, within the framework of the publishing project "Russia and France", a number of significant literary and historical works of Russian authors were translated into French and transferred to the collections of public and academic libraries in France.
Initiator and sponsor of the 2012 World Chess Championship match in Moscow between Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Viswanathan Anand (India). The match was held from 10 to 31 May in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery [21] with the support of the Russian Chess Federation . He explained the idea of holding the match in one of the largest Moscow museums by the fact that this “will also contribute to the popularization of Russian culture abroad, given the huge international interest in the event” [22] .
On March 4, 2013 , Filatov and Gennady Timchenko , Chairman of the Economic Council of French and Russian Entrepreneurs CCIFR, signed an agreement with the State Russian Museum to support the museum in implementing programs and projects aimed at preserving the cultural heritage of Russia and popularizing Russian art abroad [23] .
He was the initiator and sponsor of the Alekhine Memorial international chess tournament , which was held from April 21 to May 1, 2013 . The first part of the tournament was held in Paris ( Louvre ), the second - in St. Petersburg ( Mikhailovsky Castle of the Russian Museum) [24] . The tournament was attended by world champion Viswanathan Anand , Boris Gelfand , Russian chess players Vladimir Kramnik , Pyotr Svidler , Nikita Vitiugov , as well as the strongest chess players from France , Great Britain ,Armenia and China . The winner was Levon Aronian .
On February 1, 2014 , at the XXII Congress of the Russian Chess Federation , he was elected President of the RCF [25] [26] .
Andrey Filatov wishes Anatoly Karpov a happy birthday. Moscow, 2018
From 2014 to 2018 , he served as Vice President of FIDE (World Chess Federation / International Chess Federation). He was elected to the post on August 13, 2014 by the FIDE congress in the Norwegian city of Tromsø . Representatives of 148 countries took part in the voting. Filatov received 98 votes [27] . For the first time in history, a Russian candidate was chosen by vote.
At the expense of Filatov, the Chess Museum on Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow was completely restored , open to visitors since September 25, 2014 [ 28] [29] .
Since January 2016, he has been the head coach of the Russian men's chess team [30] . In September 2016 , the team won a bronze medal at the World Chess Olympiad in Baku [31] , in June 2017 - silver at the World Team Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk [32] , in October 2018 - bronze at the World Chess Olympiad in Batumi [33] , in 2019 - gold at the World Team Championship in Astana [34] .
In September 2016 , he received the title of FIDE Senior Coach [35] [36] .
On February 3, 2018 , at the XIII Congress of the Russian Chess Federation, he was re-elected President of the RCF for a second term [37] [38] [39] .
In August 2020 , the Russian national team became the winner of the first FIDE Online Chess Olympiad in history [40] , in September 2021 they won the second Online Chess Olympiad [41] .
He has been fond of chess since childhood. Participated in tournaments of school teams " White Rook ".
Collects works of Russian art - painting, graphics, sculptures. Favorite artist - Viktor Popkov [42] .
In 2014 , he became the owner of the La Grace Dieu Des Prieurs vineyard (“Priors guarded by the grace of God”) in Saint-Emilion (France, Bordeaux ). To modernize the chateau (completed in 2017 ), consultant oenologist Louis Mitjaville and Pritzker Prize -winning architect Jean Nouvel were involved . Since 2017 , wine has been produced under the Art Russe brand, and the bottle labels are designed using reproductions of paintings from the collection of the Art Russe Foundation, founded by Filatov [43] [44] [45] .
In March 2021 , Chateau La Grace Dieu des Prieurs' Elena chardonnay wine won the international Red Dot Award design competition in the Industrial Design nomination in the Beverage Packaging category [46] .
In 2012 , he founded the Art Russe Art Foundation (originally the Filatov Family Art Foundation), whose main task is to popularize Russian and Soviet art for an international audience through the organization of exhibitions, support for educational projects and publishing activities [1] .
The collection of the Art Russe Foundation contains about 400 works by Russian and Soviet masters, including works by such artists as May Danzig , Konstantin Korovin , Geliy Korzhev , Vera Mukhina , Viktor Popkov , Arkady Plastov , Nikolai Roerich , Viktor Serov, Nikolai Feshin . The basis of the Art Russe collection is made up of works from the period 1917-1991, taken out of Russia in different years and subsequently acquired by the Foundation. In particular, the collection of the Foundation contains an early version of the famous painting by Fyodor Reshetnikov “Again the deuce” [47] [48] [49] [50] [51][52] [53] .
The Art Russe publishing series published the monographs Viktor Popkov: The Genius of the Russian Soul (by Petr Kozorezenko, Jr.), Feshin (by Galina Tuluzakova), and May Danzig (by Petr Kozorezenko, Jr.). [54]
Over the years, the Foundation acted as the organizer of the international project “Viktor Popkov. The Genius of the Russian Soul” (Moscow–Venice–London), the first exhibition of Russian art in the Middle East in Abu Dhabi, the exposition “The Legacy of World War II in Russian Art” in London and others.
The permanent gallery of works from the collection of the Art Russe Foundation operates in the Bewley Museum Complex (Hampshire) and is the first permanent exhibition of Russian art in the UK [55] .
Married, seven children
