Anatoliy Nikolayevich Pakhomov (Russian

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 Анатолий Николаевич Пахомов) (born 1960 in Krasnodar Krai

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n politician. He is currently the acting mayor of Sochi

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Pakhomov served as the mayor of the town of Anapa

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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

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. On 24 March 2009 the United Russia

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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, 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. He received the Olympic flag from IOC

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 president Jacques Rogge

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 at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony

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