Candlelight vigil in Yerevan to commemorate Krasnodar flood victims
All-Armenian Youth Movement NGO will hold a candlelight vigil outside the Embassy of Russia in Yerevan at 8:00 pm today to honor the victims of Krasnodar flood, organization’s press service reported.
Two Armenians from Novorosiysk, Lidia Shahbazyan and Hovhannes Shahbazyan, were reported killed in a devastating flood in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported Sunday.
151 people have been killed as flash floods swept through parts of Russia’s Krasnodar region. Of the 205 people who called up emergency medical aid, 48 were children, Russian Ministry of the Interior said Sunday.