Defense Minister of South Ossetia Ibragim Gasseev was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship, the corresponding decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin was published on the official portal of legal information.
"To award the Order of Friendship to Ibragim Alimbegovich Gasseev, Minister of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia, for his great contribution to the development of the Russian-South Ossetian military and military-technical cooperation," reads the text of the decree.
Ibragim Gasseev was drafted into the ranks of the Armed Forces of the Republic of South Ossetia in 1996. At the same time, he was sworn in and after completing the course of a young fighter was sent for further military service to a special purpose company of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia. At various times he held the positions of platoon commander, deputy commander and commander of a special-purpose company, commander of a separate reconnaissance battalion. He also held the positions of the Acting. Minister of Defense and Emergencies of South Ossetia, First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia, Acting Minister of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia.
He was a deputy of the RSO Parliament of the IV convocation. By the decree of the President of the Republic of South Ossetia dated September 16, 2016, he was appointed Minister of Defense of the Republic of South Ossetia.
