Alexandrov Ensemble, the army"s official musical group internationally known as the Red Army Choir, whose memberswere on board of Tu-154 plane crashed a few were headed to hold a concert in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
The Russian Defense Ministry states that musicians were to participate in New Year celebrations at the airbase.

The Russian defence ministry said there had been no survivors after the Tu-154 plane with 91 people onboard crashed shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler, south of the Black Sea resort city of Sochi.