In Russia, starting in 2000, a tendency began to be observed that any appointment, and even more so the election to a state leadership position, is an event of a federal scale. Deputies elected to representative bodies and having no real power - this is only available to parties competing with the "main" United Russia.
Opposition Leader Victory
Victory in the election of 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, in the election of the head of the city, who, in the European manner, is even called the "mayor" in official documents. The winner was Anatoly Lokot, the new mayor of Novosibirsk, a city with a population of more than 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 currently far removed from the principles of communism, which involve coming to power through the 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, in the city, which he now manages completely legally. In the early 80s he graduated from the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute, the faculty is physical and technical. As a student, he was a Komsomol activist, has awards for personal courage in the detention of criminal elements. He served in the army, was the commander of a radio engineering unit in air defense.
Before his election to a high position, his elbow was never a “white collar”, on the contrary, he worked for about 20 years in the thickest of enlightened people, scientific events and high technologies - at the Research Institute of Measuring Instruments, in the S-300 air defense design team.
Political career
Anatoly Lokot came to the Communist Party as a very young man, back in 1984. Despite active public activity, he received his first leading position in a political organization in 1994, becoming the second secretary of the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. In 1996, he became a deputy for the first time, first - of the regional Council, and after 4 years - of the city.
In 2003, Lokot is already a State Duma deputy. 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 - at the elections to the State Duma, Lokot again becomes a federal deputy, but not by a single mandate, but by the electoral list. At this time, the future mayor is developing actively, and the next federal election for Novosibirsk is held under the “red flag” - the Communist Party wins in all city districts. At the same time, Anatoly Evgenievich became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and is incredibly rapidly gaining popularity in the party.
In the highest positions of the party
The surname Lokot soon becomes almost legendary for ordinary party members, they look at him with hope. Anatoly Loktya and another active member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Kolomeytsev, are increasingly called the next leaders after Zyuganov, which, of course, is not at all like the already aging and permanent leader of the Communist Party.
Thus, Anatoly Lokty is gradually being removed from higher party work. A born 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 performances of Elbow on third-party sites, rather than on resources related to the Communist Party. Nevertheless, his authority among ordinary 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.
Mayoral candidate
In 2014, a particularly crucial role was played for Loktya - the Communist Party of the Russian Federation nominates him for the post of mayor of a million-plus city. In this very difficult situation, he wins more likely in spite of than “natural”. His victory is not based on help from the Communist Party, but on the help of candidates from other parties who, at this difficult moment, withdraw their candidacy from the election, passing the votes of “their” voters to Anatoly Lokty. The fact that it was not one or two people, but 5 candidates from completely different ideology parties who had high trust in Anatoly Evgenievich, can tell about the degree of trust in this person.
Election campaign
During the election period, a real hunt began for a candidate from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Opponents were interested in everything - Anatoly Lokot himself, biography, parents, family, property. As it turned out, the former NIIPP engineer has only an apartment with an area of 34.4 square meters, and there is no car - neither he nor his wife Marina. But opponents mercilessly exploited the topic of acquaintance with the owners of elbow clothing markets. Having no evidence, they made various assumptions, tried to unearth at least some facts, for which the film crew of the federal television station 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 work of such a person as Anatoly Lokot. Biography, family, dating - all this went only to the plus.
It turned out that the candidate has no bad habits. During his stay as a deputy in the State Duma, he did not miss a single meeting, 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 lined with books, and he even irones his shirts on his own.
Especially the journalistic brotherhood pressed on the fact that local businessmen got acquainted with such a figure as Anatoly Lokot. The biography of acquaintances was filed 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, the candidate for mayor is simply obliged to communicate with potential voters, regardless of the position of a person in society. But opponents were especially relished by the fact that the assistant to the deputy of the State Duma is already the owner of the market. And they forgot to say that this market, contemptuously called by journalists a “flea market”, the former city administration decided to decisively close and transfer to a new territory belonging to an unknown offshore company.
Getting started in a responsible post
The first order that Lokot gave as head of the city was to cancel the access system at City Hall. The second related to the preparation of a citywide subbotnik. In addition to getting to Loktya’s reception quite easily, Anatoly manages to communicate on the Internet, for example, on the VKontakte social network, where he has his own account accessible to everyone. Anatoly Lokot himself, family, photo - at work and on vacation, everything is like an ordinary user. The new mayor of Novosibirsk is always open to the press, is not afraid of tough and personal issues, confidently operates with figures and facts.
A family
The current Novosibirsk mayor 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 factory "Lightning", specializing in street lighting and architectural objects. Daughter Maria graduated from one of the Novosibirsk schools. Wife Marina was an inspector in the control and audit chamber, received a second education and is currently engaged in administrative and economic activities in the same institution.
According to his wife, all family members are well aware that they are now quite well-known personalities, and this imposes a fair amount of responsibility. State-owned media are still closely watching the non-standard mayor, who undoubtedly is 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.
Management assessment of the "red" mayor
At the moment, it is quite difficult to evaluate the activities of the new mayor at his post. At the same time, Lokot himself repeatedly warned that the city budget, especially in terms of federal subsidies, is almost completely dependent on the regional administration. An interesting point is that before making important decisions by the city hall, each of them first goes through a public filter on the My Novosibirsk portal. The city administration, managed by the new mayor, managed to achieve mutual understanding with almost all instances 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-PR, but control. An example is the interesting way that Elbow uses it to check the quality of roads - using a glass of water on the hood of a car.
