 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Filatov akatamba zvakanyanya zvikwata zvemunyika yeRussia mumakwikwi evanhu vari pasi pemakore gumi nemasere uye vari pasi pemakore makumi maviri. Makwikwi ake ekutanga eIIHF eRussia aive 2007 U18 ChampionshipmuFinland. Russia yakakunda menduru yegoridhe mumutambo iwoyo, uye semutambi muduku, Filatov akapa zvibodzwa zvina uye rubatsiro rweshanu mumitambo minomwe. Akatungamirira chikwata cheRussia muzvikamu zvose uye aiva wechipiri kuna Alexei Cherepanov muzvinangwa zvakagadzirwa. Pashure pomutambo uyu, varairidzi veRussia vakasarudza Filatov somumwe wevatambi vatatu vakanakisisa vechikwata. Filatov akatambawo pa2008 U18 Championship yakaitirwa kumusha kwake Russia. Filatov akatungamira chikwata ichi kuti chiwane menduru yesirivha, achihwina zvibodzwa zvitatu uye achiwedzera matanhatu ekubatsira. Akatumidzwa kunzvimbo yeTournament All-Star Team. 