Volodymyr Levin
Левін Володимир Ілліч
Birth name Levin Illich Volodymyr
Born (1970-06-01) 1 June 1970
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Other occupation Chairman of Desna Chernihiv

Volodymyr Illich Levin (Ukrainian: Володимир Ілліч Левін; born 1 June 1970) is a Ukrainian politician and businessman.[1] In 2017 he became chairman of Desna Chernihiv.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Biography

Levin was born in Kyiv and he is a Member of the Kyiv City Council of the VIII convocation (Solidarity faction).Also Member of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, Vice-President of the Ukrainian Market, President of the Chernihiv Desna Football Club. He is also a Member of the Standing Committee on Budget and Socio-Economic Development of the Kyiv City Council.[8][9]

Economic studies

Since 2019, Volodymyr Levin has been working on the technical implementation of Universal Basic Income (UBI). He is currently stating that the war in Ukraine is the perfect opportunity to implement UBI. He has written 4 papers discussing and explaining how can it be implemented. [10][11]

Political career

Since 2013, he has been a member of the Council of Entrepreneurs under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. In addition to working in the Kyiv City Council, the candidate manages several companies, including AF-Leasing LLC, which is listed as his place of work on the CEC website. In 2015, he was elected a deputy of the Kyiv City Council from the BPP Solidarity in 86 constituencies of the Obolon district. Member of the Standing Committee on Budget and Socio-Economic Development.[12]

In 2022 According to Chernihiv Region Events and Comments, Volodymyr Levin, President of Desna Chernihiv, is being considered the main candidate from the Servant of the People in the 206th constituency election. A sociological campaign close to the Servants of the People has already included Volodymyr Levin in the initial poll, which is currently underway in 206 constituencies.[13]

Sports and patronage

In 2017 Levin become the president of Desna Chernihiv.[14][15][16] He managed to sign good players for the club like the Estonian international Joonas Tamm,[17] the experience goalkeepr Yevhen Past[18] and bring the club to the Ukrainian Premier League. Furthermore, the team got into the Europa League third qualifying round for the first time in the history of the club. He also managed to sell the striker Oleksandr Filippov for 1.5 million of euro, becoming the most expensive player sold by the club, with some Italian clubs interested on the player.[19][20][21] On 31 May 2021, the Ukrainian Premier League congratulates with him during his birthday and also for his achievement and greatest as president of Desna Chernihiv with results in history of growing from year to year of the club of Chernihiv.[22] In summer 2021, due to the difficult financial situation of the club Volodymyr Levin addressed the club with a serious task. He said that the club has a 4-month debt to the players for the payment of salaries and the management of the UPL club decided to cut the budget for the 2021/22 season. A number of players have left Desna. He also said that "Don't worry about Desna. Everything is fine. Desna will play, and not worse than last season. Desna has decided on sparring partners in the off-season Desna has decided on sparring partner sminamines. Desna, in addition to playing this season and do your best to choose players and build the team. The task of the club is to look at the future of football in Chernihiv region, "Levin said in a comment to Tribuna.[23][24] The club started very well the season 2021-22 with four winning matches in row look solid and strong and Volodymyr Levin explained the difficult task that he and his staff had to do after failing the qualification of the Europe League and Conference League, selling also 15 players and get 13 more new once on the team.[25][26] On 27 September 2021, the president spoke about the situation with the wage arrears of the players in the club and confirmed that the wages started to be paid and also the wage arrears ensuring that no one has problems. He state that Desna is one big friendly family, which we play football.[27] In december 2021, he defined Oleksandr Ryabokon, one of the best UPL of Ukrainian Premier League.[28] In February 2022, after he made public is candidacy for the Servant of the People in the 206th constituency election, he said that his task is to build a Yuri Gagarin Stadium in Chernihiv.[29] In May 2022 in a meeting of UPL clubs asked to support the Chernihiv club in the 2022/23 season after the russian aggression. He also confirmed that the leadership of the club will not give up and that the main plan is to build a children's academy and training fields, restore the team. He thanks the Armed Forces for the liberation from the invaders of Chernihiv Oblast and the opportunity to begin its restoration. Glory to Ukraine, "Levin said.[30]

See also

References

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  2. "Президент Десны объявил об отставке из-за подозрений в преступлениях". www.sport.ua. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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  8. "Досье: Левин Владимир Ильич". www.kievvlast.com.ua. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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  13. "Президент Десни йде в народні депутати від партії Зеленського?". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  14. "Власник "Десни" не декларує клуб. На папері ним володіють інші". www.tribuna.com. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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  16. "Левин Ильич Владимир". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  17. "FC Desna Chernihiv signs Estonia national team's defender Joonas Tamm". www.112.international/. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  18. "Desna Signed the experience goalkeeper Yevhen Past". www.desna.football. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  19. "Сент-Трюйден виклав за Філіппова 1,5 мільйона євро Джерело". www.cheline.com.ua. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  20. "Президент "Десны": "У нас были запросы по Филиппову от итальянских клубов"". www.tribuna.com. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  21. ""Ворскла". Зіркові новачки Ексклюзив. Президент ФК "Десна" - Володимир Левін Валерій Бондар. Плани на майбутнє Новини та трансфери українського футболу". www.espreso.tv. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  22. "Українська Прем'єр-Ліга вітає Володимира Левіна з Днем народження!". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  23. "У літнє міжсезоння чернігівську "Десну" покинули 14 футболістів". www.suspilne.media. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  24. ""Десна гратиме, і не гірше, ніж минулого сезону": президент клубу назвав головну проблему чернігівців в УПЛ". www.football24.ua. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  25. ""Десна гратиме, і не гірше, ніж минулого сезону": президент клубу назвав головну проблему чернігівців в УПЛ". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  26. "Володимир Левін: Десна – це гордість Чернігівського краю". www.desna.football. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  27. "Президент Десны: Идет погашение долгов по зарплате. По-другому и не бывает, иначе отвечаешь перед УЕФА". www.www.ua-football.com. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  28. "Президент Десны: Рябоконь - один из лучших тренреров УПЛ, как можно ему не доверять?". www.ua-football.com. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  29. "Левін: Моє завдання – побудувати в Чернігові стадіон імені Гагаріна". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  30. "Левін: "Прошу підтримати наше звернення щодо подальшої присутності в Прем'єр-лізі до моменту виконання завдань щодо відновлення клубу"". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
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