Ruslan Martsinkiv

Ruslan Martsinkiv is the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, a People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of the 7th convocation and one of the leaders of the All-Ukrainian Union "Svoboda" party. He is known for his ostentatious piety and homophobia and has been involved in numerous scandals; in particular, he was accused of xenophobia. He was first elected mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk in 2015, repeated his success in 2020 and won already in the first round. On November 3, 2020, Ruslan Martsinkiv was declared the winner of the mayoral election with a result of over 84% of the vote.