RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN ARMENIA THANKS CITIZENS FOR CONDOLENCES ON RUSSIAN TU-154 PLANE’S CRASH

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Aug. 25, 2006

YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. The Russian Embassy in Armenia expressed
gratefulness to the citizens of the country for sincere condolences
on the crash of TU-154 Russian plane.

"The Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Armenia
expresses gratefulness to the authorities, organizations, political
parties, diplomatic missions in Yerevan and all citizens of Armenia,
who conveyed condolences to the Embassy on the crash of plane belonging
to "Pulkovo" Air Company", noted in the message presented to the ARKA
Agency by the Press Service of the RF Embassy in Armenia.

On August 22, Pulkov Airlines’ TU-154 plane flying from Anapa to St.

Petersburg crashed near Sukhaya Balka village, 45 km away from
Donetsk. All 160 passengers on board the plane, including 45 children
and 10 crew members died.

August 24 was declared mourning day in Russia. S.P. –0-