People lay toys and flowers for victims of the Russian plane crash outside of Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg on Sunday. ReutersRussians observed a day of mourning on Sunday for the 224 people killed in a passenger plane crash in Egypt on Saturday. People placed flowers and toys at the entrance of Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg, where the airliner was headed when it departed from Sharm el-Sheikh, located in the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula, early Saturday morning. The plane crashed about 23 minutes after takeoff, in a remote, mountainous area of the Sinai. Russian President Vladimir Putin …read more
Source: The Atlantic
