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S Ossetia's President Signs Decree Firing Prime Minister, Appoints Acting Head of Gov't

TSKHINVAL, Aug 29 (Sputnik) Anatoly Bibilov, the president of the breakaway republic of South Ossetia, has signed a decree dismissing Prime Minister Erik Pukhaev and appointed Deputy Prime Minister Gennady Bekoev as the acting head of the government, the presidential office said, citing the decree.
Pukhaev announced his resignation on Friday amid ongoing anti-government protests sparked by the death of Inal Dzhabiev, who has been kept in a temporary detention facility on suspicion of an attempt to kill Interior Minister Igor Naniev.
"To dismiss Eric G. Pukhaev from the post of the head of the government of South Ossetia, in accordance with his statement. To announce the resignation of the government," the decree says, adding that Bekoev would serve as the acting prime minister until a new cabinet was formed.
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