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President Vladimir Putin gave his condolences to the friends and family of the people who died in the Mi-8 helicopter accident on Kamchatka

August 23, 2003

The President passed the decision to create a State Commission to investigate the reasons for the accident and to provide assistance to the families of the people killed.

The Minister for affairs of civil defence, emergencies and liquidating the results of natural disasters, Sergei Shoigu, was appointed as the head of the State Commission.

August 23, 2003