Overview
- Deputies selected Salavov during a Thursday session on October 9, according to RIA Novosti.
- The election was reported from the meeting by a RIA Novosti correspondent.
- Available reports did not include a vote tally or specify the term of office.
- Salavov had been serving as acting mayor prior to the vote.
- Makhachkala is the capital of Russia’s Republic of Dagestan.