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President Vladimir Putin took part in a farewell ceremony for the victims of a Mi-8 helicopter crash

August 27, 2003, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

From Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk’s airport, President Putin went to the Voskresensky Cathedral to attend a funeral service.

Sakhalin Regional Governor Igor Farkhutdinov and members of the regional government who accompanied him were killed in a helicopter crash that took place on August 20 in Kamchatka.

The President expressed his sympathy for the friends and family of the victims.

August 27, 2003, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk