In Russia, since 2000, there has been a tendency that any appointment, and even more so election to a state leadership position, is an event of a federal scale. Deputies elected to representative bodies and having no real power - only this is available to parties competing with the "main" United Russia.
Victory of opposition leader
Victory in the election of the governor or mayor is an event that has become so rare since 2000 that the names of the "lucky ones" very soon become known throughout the country. One such case occurred in 2014, in the city of Novosibirsk, during the election of the head of the city, who, in the European manner, is even called “mayor” in official documents. The winner was Anatoly Lokot, the new mayor of Novosibirsk, a city of over 1.5 million people. Anatoly Evgenievich is a communist by party affiliation, and in an interview he repeatedly stated that he would not change principles and leave the party. Although today the Communist Party of Russia, once dominant, is in decline and is now far from the principles of communism, which implies coming to power through a socialist revolution.
Biography
Today Anatoly Lokot is the new mayor of Novosibirsk, whose biography can serve as an example of how an ordinary person with an active life and social position independently achieves high achievements. He was born in Novosibirsk, the city he now rules legally. In the early 80s, he graduated from the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute, Faculty of Physics and Technology. As a student, he was a Komsomol activist, has awards for personal courage in detaining criminal elements. He served in the army, was the commander of the radio engineering unit in the air defense.
Elbow before his election to a high position was never a "white collar", on the contrary, for about 20 years he worked in the thick of enlightened people, scientific events and high technologies - in the Research Institute of Measuring Instruments, in the team of air defense designers S- 300.
Political career
Anatoly Lokot came to the Communist Party as a very young man, back in 1984. Despite his active social activities, he received his first leadership position in a political organization in 1994, becoming the second secretary of the regional committee of the Communist Party. In 1996, he became a deputy for the first time, first - the regional Council, and 4 years later - the city.
In 2003 Lokot was already a member of the State Duma. And only in 2006 did he become the head, that is, the first secretary of the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Novosibirsk region.
2007 - in the elections inState Duma Lokot again becomes a federal deputy, but not a single-mandate, but on the electoral list. At this time, the future mayor is developing active work, and the next federal elections for Novosibirsk are held "under the red flag" - the Communist Party wins in all city districts. At the same time, Anatoly Evgenievich is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and is incredibly quickly gaining popularity in the party.
In the highest positions of the party
The surname Elbow soon becomes almost legendary for ordinary members of the party, they look at him with hope. Anatoly Lokt and another active MP from the Communist Party, Nikolai Kolomeitsev, are increasingly being called the next leaders after Zyuganov, which, for sure, is not at all to the liking of the already aging and permanent leader of the Communist Party.
Thus, Anatoly Lokt is gradually being removed from higher party work. A natural speaker, he is better known for his interviews in the "official" media. At least in the Internet environment, you can find a huge number of Lokt's speeches on third-party sites, rather than on resources related to the Communist Party. Nevertheless, his authority among the rank and file members of the Communist Party is growing day by day. In fact, no one doubts that Anatoly Lokot will soon replace Zyuganov as leader of the communist movement.
Mayor Candidate
In 2014, Lokt has a particularly responsible role - the Communist Party of the Russian Federation nominates him for the post of mayor of a million-plus city. In this very difficult situation,wins in spite of rather than "naturally". His victory is based not on help from the Communist Party, but on the help of candidates from other parties, who at this difficult moment withdraw their candidacies from the elections, transferring the votes of "their" voters to Anatoly Lokt. The degree of trust in this person can be indicated by the fact that it was not one or two people, but 5 candidates at once from parties completely different in ideology, who had high confidence in Anatoly Evgenievich.
Election campaign
During the election period, a real hunt began for a candidate from the Communist Party. Rivals were interested in everything - Anatoly Lokot himself, biography, parents, family, property. As it turned out, the former NIIPP engineer only has an apartment of 34.4 square meters, and neither he nor his wife Marina has a car. But opponents mercilessly exploited the theme of Lokt's acquaintance with the owners of clothing markets. Having no evidence, they expressed various assumptions, tried to unearth at least some facts, for which a film crew of the federal television TVC came to Novosibirsk. Subsequently, a certain journalist A. Karaulov in the program "Moment of Truth" tried to give these assumptions the appearance of proven facts. But in general, the materials that could be "unearthed" only proved the honesty and devotion to the cause of such a person as Anatoly Lokot. Biography, family, dating - all this went only as a plus.
It turned out that the candidate has no bad habits. During his tenure as a deputy in the State Duma, he did not miss a singlemeetings, although at that time he actually lived in Novosibirsk. Playing sports. I have known my wife Marina since the 5th grade, went to the same school, studied at the same institute. Most of the "red" mayor's apartment is full of books, and he even irons his own shirts.
Especially the journalistic brethren pressed on the fact that local entrepreneurs knew such a figure as Anatoly Lokot. The biography of acquaintances is presented by journalists in such a way that it may seem to an uninitiated person that Lokot is none other than the leader of the Armenian, Georgian and Kurdish diasporas in Russia. Although, on the other hand, a candidate for mayor is simply obliged to communicate with potential voters, regardless of the person's position in society. But the opponents especially savored the fact that the assistant to the deputy of the State Duma is already the owner of the market. Moreover, they forgot to say that this market, contemptuously called a "flea market" by journalists, the former city administration decided to resolutely close and move to a new territory owned by an unknown offshore company.
Starting work in a responsible position
The first order that Lokot gave as head of the city was to cancel the access system at the mayor's office. The second related to the preparation of a citywide subbotnik. In addition to the fact that it is quite easy to get an appointment with Lokt, Anatoly manages to communicate on the Internet, for example, on the VKontakte social network, where he has his own account, available to everyone. Anatoly Lokot himself, family, photo - at work and on vacation, everything is likeordinary user. The new mayor of Novosibirsk is always open to the press, is not afraid of tough and personal questions, and confidently operates with facts and figures.
Family
The current mayor of Novosibirsk is married and has two children. The eldest son's name is Bogdan, he received an economic education, works in the representative office of the Omsk plant "Lightning", specializing in street lighting and architectural objects. Daughter Maria graduated from one of the Novosibirsk schools. His wife Marina was an inspector in the Chamber of Control and Accounts, received a second education and is currently engaged in administrative and economic activities in the same institution.
According to the wife, all family members are well aware that they are now quite well-known personalities, and this imposes a fair amount of responsibility. The state media is still keeping a close eye on the non-standard mayor, who is undoubtedly Anatoly Lokot. The children of the “red” mayor understand this very well and behave with extreme caution - at least in the press and even on the Internet it is impossible to find a single negative review about Bogdan or Maria Lokot.
Assessment of the management of the "red" mayor
At the moment, it is quite difficult to assess the performance of the new mayor in his post. At the same time, Lokot himself warned more than once that the city's budget, especially in terms of federal subsidies, almost completely depends on the regional administration. An interesting point - before making important decisions of the mayor's office, each of them first passespublic filter on the My Novosibirsk portal. The city administration, under the leadership of the new mayor, managed to achieve mutual understanding with almost all authorities and get a credit of trust even from yesterday's opponents and opponents. Anatoly Lokot himself often comes up with non-standard methods, but not self-promotion, but control. An interesting example is the interesting way that Lokot uses when checking the quality of roads - with a glass of water on the hood of a car.
Future plans
The mayor-communist, as promised in the election campaign, did not disperse the previous administration, but left it in business, and took some of yesterday's opponents as his own deputies. Most of the questions that citizens ask the mayor relate more to housing problems and improvement of municipal territories. But, perhaps, in the current crisis period, these are the most harmless problems that an official may face. For some time, there were fears that the federal center would cut the budget of the Novosibirsk Region, following the example of Berdsk, where a communist also became the head of the city. To which Anatoly Lokot honestly warned through the media that it was not worth joking with the largest city in terms of population, in fact, the capital of Siberia (Novosibirsk, the administrative center of the Siberian Federal District). One way or another, but a fiery communist, the hope of ordinary members of the party for change, is now working extremely hard for the benefit of modern bourgeois Russia, far from the political center of the country.
