Khloponin: I am skeptical about the division of Dagestan.

The presidential envoy of the North Caucasian Federal District Alexander Khloponin is skeptical about the division of Dagestan into four territorial districts, ITAR-TASS reports."I am very skeptical about these kind of decisions," he said, adding that he is a supporter of unification rather than division.In 2013 the head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, signed decrees appointing his representatives in the four territorial districts of the republic. According to him, the lack of regional curators was the cause of the slow economic development in the republic.

The presidential envoy of the North Caucasian Federal District Alexander Khloponin is skeptical about the division of Dagestan into four territorial districts, ITAR-TASS reports.

"I am very skeptical about these kind of decisions," he said, adding that he is a supporter of unification rather than division.

In 2013 the head of Dagestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, signed decrees appointing his representatives in the four territorial districts of the republic. According to him, the lack of regional curators was the cause of the slow economic development in the republic.