When asked about gay people, Anatoly Pakhomov told Panorama: "We don't have them in our town" The mayor of Sochi, host of the Winter Olympics, has said there are no gay people in the city. Anatoly Pakhomov said homosexuals were welcome at the Games - as long as they "respect Russian law" and "don't impose their habits on others". Opposition leader Boris Nemtsov said there were several gay bars in
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