Russian Official Nominated as S.Ossetian PM

Aslanbek Bulatsev, the head of the Federal Tax Service in Russia’s North Ossetian Republic, has been nominated as the prime minister of breakaway South Ossetia.

Before become head of the North Ossetian tax service in 2006, Bulatsev served as head of the financial department of the Federal Security Service in North Ossetia.

The breakaway region’s Press and Information Committee reported on October 14 that the South Ossetian parliament was soon expected to approve the nomination.

Boris Chochiev has been the acting PM since August 18, when South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity dismissed the cabinet led by Yuri Morozov.

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