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Coaches and former Russian figure skaters Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board this plane.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed that three Russian citizens are currently known to have died; information about another deceased person is being verified.
Three Russian citizens died in an American Airlines plane crash in Washington, D.C., Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, Astra reported on Telegram on Friday, January 31.
"Regarding another person, there is an understanding that he may have had a Russian passport. This information is currently being verified," she added.
On the morning of January 31, it became known that former figure skater Alexander Kirsanov was among the passengers. This information was confirmed by his wife.
As is known, an American Airlines plane with 64 people on board crashed into a river after colliding with a military helicopter on the night of January 29-30.
US President Donald Trump later said that no one survived the disaster.
