The Russian state Duma observed a minute of silence in memory of the dead in a plane crash over Egypt.

ogromnaya disaster in the history of Russian and Soviet aviation took place on 31 October: Airbus A321 airline " Kogalymavia ", which was flying from Sharm El Sheikh to St Petersburg, crashed in the Sinai. There were 217 passengers and 7 crew members. All of them lost his life.

"The thirty-first of October was a terrible tragedy in the skies over Egypt crashed Russian airliner became injured 224 people - citizens of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. It's a terrible tragedy, the most important thing, for friends and relatives of the victims, and for all of us. Please honor the memory of a moment of silence, " said the speaker of the state Duma Sergey Naryshkin.

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