Said Amirov, the detained mayor of Makhachkala, has today been removed from the post of the Secretary of the Dagestan branch of the "United Russia" Party by the decision of the political council of the party. His deputy, Bagandova, a relative of Amirov, also lost her position.
"The Political Council has unanimously decided to suspend the powers of the Secretary of the local branch of the Party, Amirov. Prior to the completion of the criminal proceedings for breach of the party code, as expressed in the commission of acts discrediting the party and damaging its political interests, the powers of the Secretary of the local branch of the party S. D . Amirov have been suspended," RIA Novosti quotes the political council statement.
