Kazbek Pagiyev
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Kazbek Khazbiyevich Pagiyev (February 22, 1959 – December 31, 2008) was the former Deputy Prime Minister of North Ossetia
North Ossetia-Alania
The Republic of North Ossetia–Alania is a federal subject of Russia . Its population according to the 2010 Census was 712,877.-Name:...

 as well as the former mayor of its capital, Vladikavkaz
Vladikavkaz
-Notable structures:In Vladikavkaz, there is a guyed TV mast, tall, built in 1961, which has six crossbars with gangways in two levels running from the mast structure to the guys.-Twin towns/sister cities:...

. He was killed by two unknown assailants on December 31, 2008 as he was being driven in his car. Pagiyev had been dismissed as Deputy Prime Minister the week before, a post he had served for less than a month. There has been speculation that the murders of Pagiyev and his mayoral predecessor Vitaly Karayev
Vitaly Karayev
Vitaly Sergeyevich Karayev was the mayor of the North Ossetian capital, Vladikavkaz. He was murdered by an unknown gunman on November 26, 2008. He had been in power for less than a year before being murdered...

were connected, or possibly carried out by the same people.

Pagiyev's killer, Alexander Jussoyev, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on August 11, 2011. Jussoyev was said to be a member of an organized crime group.
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