Novosibirsk Mayor Lokot terminates his powers early – Kommersant

The elected mayor of Novosibirsk, communist Anatoly Lokot, spends his last working day in his post on January 25. He is in the mayor’s office, the press service of the city administration told Kommersant.

As Kommersant wrote, Anatoly Lokot went on vacation and was subsequently fired at the very end of December last year. The vacation ended on January 24. The latest messages from the head of the city on his Telegram and VKontakte accounts with Christmas greetings to Novosibirsk residents are dated January 7. On January 20, the first secretary of the regional committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Anatoly Lokot, took part in the plenum of the regional party committee, which, in particular, discussed preparations for the presidential elections. The next day, he laid flowers at the monument to the founder of the Soviet state, Vladimir Lenin, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death.

Anatoly Lokot has headed the largest municipality in Russia since April 2014. He won direct elections for the mayor of the city twice – in 2014 (43.75% of the vote) and 2019 (50.25%). His term of office expired in September 2024. In February 2023, the legislative assembly of the Novosibirsk region adopted amendments to the regional law that abolished the direct elections of the mayor of Novosibirsk. Mr. Lokot said that he does not see himself in the new scheme for the formation of city government.

“From January 26, first deputy Oleg Klemeshov will exercise the powers of the mayor of Novosibirsk in full,” the statement says. message City Hall press center. As and. O. Mr. Klemeshov has been leading the municipality since the end of December. The beginning of his work in this status turned out to be stormy – in mid-January, two major accidents occurred on heating networks in Novosibirsk, the consequences of which had to be eliminated within a few days.

About how Novosibirsk residents see an ideal mayor – in the Kommersant article “Ours instead of strangers”.

Valery Lavsky, Novosibirsk