Lieutenant General Valery Khalilov, Russian chief military conductor and musical director of the Spasskaya Tower Festival, during a news conference about the 2016 Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival, at the Rossiya Segodnya International Multimedia Press Center. (An archive photo.) In May 2016 Khalilov was appointed director and artistic head of the Alexandrov Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Russian Army. A Tu-154 plane of the Russian Ministry of Defense crashed into the Black Sea near Sochi.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 15.08.2016
- Date published: 25.12.2016
- Author: Vladimir Trefilov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4706x3280px, 6.1Mb