The telegram said:
“I am shocked by this tragedy.
“Please convey my condolences and words of support to the relatives of the deceased and wounded.
“The disaster has claimed the lives of their near and dear and mercilessly dashed their hopes for the future.”
President Putin also spoke by telephone with Alexei Lebed, Governor of the Republic of Khakassia, and expressed his condolences in connection with the death of Lebed’s brother.
The crash killed six people, including Krasnoyarsk Territory Governor Alexander Lebed. Eleven passengers and three pilots were aboard at the time of the disaster.
A board of inquiry headed by Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Sergei Shoigu was established on Vladimir Putin’s instruction.