Dear Russsia. My sympathies.

[SCVDem]

I see you had an aircraft crash in Sochi only 2 minutes after take-off.

I notice that the Red Army Choir was among the fatalities. In memoriam:

We're not all bad or different. Just too many asshole leaders.

[Raster]

1. oH mY goD... The Red Army Choir doing Daft Punk...

[renate]

2. I just realized that I may have seen the choir perform....

I'm not positive it was them--I can't remember the name of the choir, but they were definitely military. They were INCREDIBLE. And so were the dancers. Absolutely amazing.

I was sad about it before but now I'm even more so.

[niyad]

3. requiescat in pace to all the victims, and prayers for peace and comfort for their families.

I keep thinking about all the jokes we have made about this group being the only ones to perform at the fiasco next month.

[niyad]

4. from the nyt:

Singers in Russian Military Choir Among 92 Feared Dead After Plane Crashes Into Black Sea



Shortly after takeoff on Sunday morning, a Russian military plane carrying 92 people crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi. By REUTERS. Photo by Yevgeny Reutov/European Pressphoto Agency. Watch in Times Video »

http://nyti.ms/2itGUjo

SOCHI, Russia — A Russian aircraft bound for Syria carrying a famed military band to entertain Russia’s forces there crashed into the Black Sea moments after takeoff on Sunday, and the authorities said all 92 people aboard were believed dead. The cause of the crash is under investigation, although initial Russian news media reports indicated it was a technical failure rather than terrorism.

The Russian military has had only minor casualties throughout its deployment in Syria, but the country has experienced a series of setbacks in recent days. On Monday, the Russian ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an art exhibit in Ankara, with the killer yelling, “Don’t forget Aleppo, don’t forget Syria!”



That came not long after forces from the Islamic State recaptured the storied Syrian city of Palmyra, forcing the Russian garrison that had been stationed there since helping to take the city last spring to flee.




The military plane, a Russian-made Tupolev Tu-154, disappeared from radar two minutes after taking off from the resort town of Sochi. Russia’s official weather forecast agency said that conditions near the airport were “normal, easy,” the Interfax news agency reported. The airplane was technically fit, the Defense Ministry said. Wreckage of the plane, which was carrying 84 passengers and eight crew members, was found in the sea, most of it about one mile from shore, the Russian Defense Ministry said. No survivors have been found at the crash site, Russian officials said.

. . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/world/europe/russian-military-plane-crash-alexandrov-ensemble.html

[SCVDem]

5. I don't think

they did 'Get Lucky' in Syria.

That may have offended.

So sad.

[LisaL]

7. They didn't go to Syria and they are very much alive.

The Alexandrov choir is the one that died in the plane crush.

[stevenleser]

6. Believe it or not there are two Red Army choirs and the one in the video did not die in the crash

There is a police red army choir and a military red army choir. The military one died, the police one is in the video.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Here is the military one...

I have always thought that, on a musical level, that this song was more compelling than ours.