28 Mar 2018 10:38

Federation Council session begins with minute of silence

MOSCOW. March 28 (Interfax) - The Wednesday plenary session of the Federation Council began with a minute of silence in memory of those killed in the Kemerovo mall fire.

The fire in the shopping mall Zimnyaya Vishnya in Kemerovo occurred on March 25. The fire began on the upper floor, where movie theaters were situated and where, on Sunday, there were many children. Sixty-four people were killed in the fire. A day of mourning was declared in Russia on March 28.