12 November 2026, 17:23
Levon Nikoghosyan was elected director of the Filatov Institute
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Levon Nikoghosyan won the election for director of the State Institution “V. P. Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.” Prior to this, he served as the institution’s acting director.
The election for director took place on November 12, 2026. Voting took place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the conference room of the institution’s main building. In addition to Levon Nikoghosyan, Oleksiy Putienko also participated in the election.
Until November 17, 2025, Nikoghosyan headed the Health Department of the Odesa City Council—a position he had held since 2021, when he was appointed following the dismissal of the previous director, Olena Yakimenko.
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On November 17, 2025, Nikogosyan was dismissed from his position by mutual agreement. This occurred shortly after Odessa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship, causing him to lose his position as mayor.
Even earlier, before his appointment to the department, Nikogosyan headed the municipal enterprise “Odesa Farm” and served as president of the Odesa Regional Pharmacists’ Association.
It was during his tenure at “Odessa Farm” that Nikogosyan found himself at the center of a public scandal: at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacies in his chain sold medical masks at inflated prices and later began distributing them for free as part of an election campaign.
Nikoghosyan also remains a member of the Odessa City Council representing the “Trust the Deeds” party, which was led by former Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov.
