OREANDA-NEWS. September 09, 2010. Healthcare and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova and Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu received instructions to provide all necessary assistance to the victims.

The President heard the report of the Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin and ordered him to immediately fly to North Ossetia.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) director Alexander Bortnikov briefed the head of state on the investigation of the crime.

President of the republic of North Ossetia-Alania Taimuraz Mamsurov informed Mr Medvedev about the measures to provide assistance to the victims and rescue relief efforts.