More than 70 victims of the air crash near Sochi identified – the Radio station ECHO of MOSCOW

Tomorrow in Moscow starts the farewell ceremony and the funeral of the dead.

the Funeral decided not to postpone, although not yet identified all of the remains. This was announced the very next day after the high profile publications about the dissatisfaction of the relatives of the victims that the study be delayed, and families do not provide nearly any information. An unnamed employee of the medical examiner’s office told TASS that the examination will still continue. Among those already identified, the head of the Fund “Fair aid” Elizaveta Glinka, head of Department of culture Ministry of defence Anton Gubankov, artistic Director of the Alexandrov ensemble Valery Khalilov, artists, journalists and crew members of the crashed ship.

Tomorrow at Yelokhovsky Cathedral in Moscow will bury Valery Khalilov is confirmed by the Moscow Patriarchate. Another ceremony is expected in the Vladimir region, where he was going to bury. On Monday, ceremonies will be held at several cemeteries in the capital. Buried at the Novodevichy Elizabeth Glinka, is confirmed in the presidential Council on human rights. A separate farewell ceremony will be held in Ostankino — it will be a memorial service for fallen journalists. As reported TASS, most of the performers of the Alexandrov ensemble are going to see in your final journey and burial on a new military memorial cemetery in Mytishchi – the complex, which is called the main Pantheon of Russia in the coming century.

the Tu-154 of the Ministry of defense crashed in the Black sea after taking off from the Sochi airport on December 25. The liner was carrying musicians and humanitarian assistance in Syria. On Board were 92 people, all of them died.

Some relatives of the victims of the musicians ask the Ministry of defense to organize a decent funeral. However, the officials to their requests are fairly indifferent, said to “echo” the journalist Eugene Levkovich.

According to lewkowicz, the defense Ministry has repeatedly rescheduled the funeral of the victims.

Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense Evgeny pieces of silver does not believe that the defense Department ignored the pleas of relatives.