South Ossetia and North Ossetia will eventually unite within Russia’s borders, South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity told a Monday press conference in Moscow.
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November 21, 2006The Russian parachute team has suspended its training in Vladikavkaz after a parachute jumper’s death, an official of the North Ossetian Youth and Sports Ministry is quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency.
On Thursday, Yana Osipova, 18, died making a parachute jump from the height of 2,000 meters.
Her parachute failed and her reserve parachute entangled and did not open correctly.
The girl was a winner of several Russian parachute competitions. It was her 284th jump.
After her death, the authorities of the Vladikavkaz parachute club suspended all jumps until the investigation ends.
Violation of security rules is one of the reasons of the girl’s death, investigators said.
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