Of the 92 passengers and crew on board, 64 were members of the Alexandrov Ensemble choir, the official choir of the Russian Armed Forces, including its director Valery Khalilov [REF].
The passenger list also included Russian humanitarian worker Elizaveta Glinka,[REF] the Director of the Department of Culture for the Russian Ministry of Defence Anton Gubankov,[REF] seven soldiers (besides Khalilov), nine journalists (three each from Channel One Russia, NTV, and Zvezda),[REF] and two civilian officials.