MOSCOW: Russia’s shock over the military plane clash that killed 92 people became all the more acute when Yelizaveta Glinka, a renowned doctor and charity worker, was on the doomed flight’s passenger list.
The diminutive 54-year-old woman, affectionately known as “Dr. Liza”, had boarded the same military flight to Syria as more than 60 members of the famed Red Army Choir, who were on their way to entertain troops stationed at the Hmeimim base Moscow uses to launch airstrikes in the war-scarred country.
But Glinka’s objective was neither musical nor military. She was on a mission to deliver medication to a university …read more
Source: theSun
