The prime minister of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia stepped down on Monday, paving the way for a Russian technocrat to take up the post following the recent ratification of a major integration agreement with Moscow.
The Prime Minister of South Ossetia, Dzambolat Tadtaev, who has been in office since January of this year, resigned from his post, and President Alan Gagoev of the Republic proposed Marat Kambolov, who had previously headed the Kurchatov Institute, and less than two weeks ago was appointed Gaghlov State Counsel.