A mourning ceremony for victims of the Tu-154 aircraft crash in the Black Sea was held on Monday in the federal military memorial cemetery in Mytishchi, near Moscow. /CFP Photo

Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu paid last respects to the victims at the ceremony. /CFP Photo

On December 25, a Russian Defense Ministry's Tu-154 plane heading from Moscow to Syria crashed shortly after refueling and take-off from the Russian southern city of Adler, near Sochi. /CFP Photo

None of the 92 people on board, including eight crew members, 64 musicians of the Alexandrov Ensemble, nine reporters, head of Spravedlivaya Pomoshch (Fair Aid) charity Elizaveta Glinka, and two federal civil servants, survived the crash. /CFP Photo