The mayor , Vitaly Karayev , died from gunshot wounds . Vitaly Karayev and the rest of the North Ossetia have been plagued with violence . Area is near where a conflict erupted between Russia and Chechnya in August . North Ossetia also borders the long-turbulent breakaway region of Russia .
The mayor , Vitaly Karayev , died from gunshot wounds . North Ossetia and the rest of the Caucasus have been plagued with violence . Area is near where a conflict erupted between Georgia and Russia in August . North Ossetia also borders the long-turbulent breakaway region of Chechnya .