Armenian Foreign Ministry extends condolences to Russia over Tu-154  plane crash 

ArmInfo. The Armenian Foreign Ministry has extended its condolences to Russia over the Tu-154 plane crash. "We express our condolences over the plane crash in Sochi. We are currently finding out the citizenship of Gevorgyan A.T., who was among the passengers on board," Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tigran Balayan says on his Facebook page.   

On December 25, a Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 plane with 92  people on board crashed in the Black Sea en route Syria shortly after  refueling at an airport in the resort city of Adler. Most of the  passengers were members of the Alexandrov Ensemble who were traveling  from Moscow to Hmeymim airbase in Syria to take part in New Year  celebrations. The list of the passengers of the plane also includes  Anton Gubankov, the chief of the Directorate of Culture of the  Russian Defense Ministry, and prominent Russian humanitarian activist  Elizaveta Glinka, the head of Spravedlivaya Pomoshch (Fair Aid)  charity. Russia's Channel One, NTV and Zvezda broadcaster have  confirmed that their journalists were among the passengers of the  aircraft.