The Alexandrov Ensemble / Red Army Choir is a Soviet Icon that is survived the fall of the Soviet Union and is still beloved in Russia. Yesterday 64 members died in plane crash in the Black Sea on a flight to entertain Russian troops in Syria. While the Red Army Choir mainly focussed on Russian music they also did several takes on Western hits. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-airplane-idUSKBN14E02Y All 92 on Syria-bound Russian military jet killed in crash, including 60 from Red Army Choir A Russian military plane carrying 92 people, including dozens of Red Army Choir singers, dancers and orchestra members, crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, killing everyone on board, Russian authorities said. The Russian Defence Ministry said one of its TU-154 Tupolev planes had disappeared from radar screens at 0525 MSK (9.25 p.m. ET), two minutes after taking off from Sochi in southern Russia, where it had stopped to refuel from Moscow, on its way to Syria. Major-General Igor Konashenkov, a ministry spokesman, told reporters that nobody had survived. More at link.
Anything bad that happens in Russia is an inside job. Pretty sure they shot that plane with bukakke missile
Not sure if being ironic but Russia has ruled out terrorism. Given that Russia's aviation industry doesn't have a great safety record I think that is a very likely cause.
