According to the special department of the border department of the Russian FSB, representatives of the Terek Cossack detachment began to protect the Russian-Georgian border.

Detachment of Cossacks will be on duty at checkpoints in Upper Larsi and Nizhny Zaramag. In addition, one of the border posts will be transferred under the control of the Cossacks. The Cossacks learned the relevant legislative acts and instructions of the border service. Each of them will get 500 of Russian rubles for a 12-hour duty every day. 800,000 rubles were allocated from the budget of North Ossetia to finance this activity.

Cossack detachments comprising of 20 people were formed in all border areas of North Ossetia.

It is believed that in addition to border protection this measure aims to increase the number of Russian-speaking population in the far south of Russia.