“Today, November 10, the acting head of the Republic of Dagestan Sergei Melikov appointed Abakarov Khizri Magomedovich as the state secretary of the Republic of Dagestan,” RIA Novosti quoted a statement.

Earlier, Abakarov said that he had left the post of mayor of Derbent and appointed his first deputy Rustambek Pirmagomedov as interim mayor of the city.

At the end of October, the head of Tambov, Natalia Makarevich, announced her resignation.