By the Decree of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia was dismissed Chairman of the Committee of State Security of the RSO Nikolai Dolgopolov. As a new chairman of the Committee of State Security of the RSO by the Decree of the President of South Ossetia was appointed Atoev Boris Mazhitovich. Boris Atoev earlier worked in Kabardino-Balkaria, Moscow, Afghanistan.
