Anatoliy Nikolayevich Pakhomov (

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Анатолий Николаевич Пахомов) (born 1960 in

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) is a Russian politician. He is currently the mayor of

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. Pakhomov served as the mayor of the town of

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from 2005 until 2008. In October 2008 Pakhomov became the fourth occupant of the mayoralty of Sochi since the announcement of the city as the host of the

2014 Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. On 24 March 2009 the

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party announced that Pakhomov would be its candidate for the April 26 elections for mayor of Sochi. On 27 April 2009 it was announced that Pakhomov had won the election with 77% of the vote.

Boris Nemtsov Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov ( rus, Бори́с Ефи́мович Немцо́в, p=bɐˈrʲis jɪˈfʲiməvʲɪtɕ nʲɪmˈtsof; 9 October 195927 February 2015) was a Russian physicist and liberal politician. He was involved in the introduction ...

, who came second with around 14% of the vote, contested the fairness of the election, alleging that he was denied media access and that government workers had been pressured to vote for Pakhomov. Pakhomov received the Olympic flag from

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president

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at the

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. Prior to the

in Sochi, Pakhomov claimed that homosexuality was not accepted in the Caucasus and that there were no gay people in Sochi. In August 2019, Pakhomov announced that he would not run for a new term. His term of office ended on 9 September 2019, and Alexey Kopaigorodsky was elected the new mayor of Sochi.

Awards and honours

In 2014, Pakhomov was awarded the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pakhomov, Anatoliy Nikolayevich 1960 births Living people United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Sochi People from Tikhoretsky District Mayors of places in Russia Recipients of the Paralympic Order