On August 19, 2012, six police officers were killed and eight people injured at two gun and bomb attacks in the city.[11] The town has thousands ofSalafis.[12] In December 2016, the Russian authorities reported the existence of the Khasavyurt Group, allegedly linked to theIslamic State and a flareup of incidents and skirmishes between the police and local militants in and around the city.[13]
TheAssembly of Deputies consists of 25 deputies elected by residents for a period of 5 years. The current 6th convocation was elected in the2018 Russian elections. The elections were held according to a proportional system in a single district. Only five parties were registered:United Russia, theCommunist Party of the Russian Federation,A Just Russia, theLiberal Democratic Party of Russia, and the Labor Party of Russia.[14] 4 parties entered the Assembly of Deputies: United Russia - 17 seats (63.68%), CPRF - 4 seats (17.95%), Labor Party of Russia - 2 (7.61%), and A Just Russia - 2 (7.58%).[15] The LDPR list received 1.72% of the votes and received no mandates. Zagit-Salim Dadayev (United Russia) was re-elected as chairman of the 6th convocation.
The 5th convocation was elected on 8 September 2013. From among the deputies, the current head,Saygidpasha Umakhanov, was re-elected to the post of head of the municipality. In June 2015, a new charter for the urban district of the city of Khasavyurt was adopted.[16] In September 2015, Umakhanov resigned as the head of the city and, on the same day, was elected chairman of the city assembly of deputies, and the duties of the head of the city were entrusted to the head of the Khasavyurt administration, Arslan Arslanov.
The overwhelming majority of the city's residents areSunni Muslim.
There were 4 churches in the city. Only one has survived to this day – theCathedral of Our Lady of the Sign. It is the largest Orthodox church in the North Caucasus.[19][20]
Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №16 от 10 апреля 2002 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №106 от 30 декабря 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №81, 12 апреля 2002 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #16 of April 10, 2002On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #106 of December 30, 2013On Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
Народное Собрание Республики Дагестан. Закон №6 от 13 января 2005 г. «О статусе и границах муниципальных образований Республики Дагестан», в ред. Закона №43 от 30 апреля 2015 г. «О статусе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала", статусе и границах внутригородских районов в составе городского округа с внутригородским делением "Город Махачкала" и о внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Республики Дагестан». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Дагестанская правда", №8, 15 февраля 2005 г. (People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan. Law #6 of January 13, 2005On the Status and Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Republic of Dagestan, as amended by the Law #43 of April 30, 2015On the Status of the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, the Status and the Borders of the Intra-City Districts Comprising the "City of Makhachkala" Urban Okrug with Intra-Urban Divisions, and on Amending Various Legislative Acts of the Republic of Dagestan. Effective as of the day of the official publication.).
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