Vyacheslav Bitarov appointed acting head of North Ossetia

Vyacheslav Bitarov, the chairman of the regional government, will perform the duties of the leader of the republic of North Ossetia.

The "Caucasian Knot" has informed that today, it has been reported on the death of Tamerlan Aguzarov, a 53-year-old leader of North Ossetia. He died in one of the Moscow clinics, where he was undergoing medical treated for pneumonia.

"In this case, under the Constitution, the duties of the leader are to be performed by the chairman of the government," the "TASS" quotes a source from the press service of the North-Ossetian government as stating.

Vyacheslav Bitarov will take the post of the head of the region as the acting leader of the republic of North Ossetia.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.