"On October 15, 2021 at about 15:30 in the federal state institution" Correctional colony No. 1 "of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for North Ossetia-Alania, at least 200 people serving sentences in the said correctional institution took part in mass riots, accompanied by pogroms and destruction of property." , - said the department.

Special forces officers put the situation in order. 

“A criminal case has been initiated on the grounds of a crime under Part 1, 2 of Art.

212 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Organization and participation in mass disorders") ", - added to the UK.

Earlier, the FSIN announced the stabilization of the situation in the colony in Vladikavkaz, where the security forces suppressed the unrest.