Russia suffered a major airplane disaster with 92 fatalities when a Tu-154 airplane crashed shortly after takeoff. This from Russia Today:
Major Russian bank wipes out Tu-154 plane crash victims' debt
State-run Sberbank has written off loans taken out by the victims of the Russia’s Tu-154 airplane crash last Sunday, according to Transport Minister Maksim Sokolov.
The minister confirmed victims’ relatives will have to apply either through Sberbank or offices assigned by the Defense and Labor Ministries.
Sokolov said that he will negotiate with other Russian banks to do likewise.
Sberbank will provide compensation payments to the victim’s families during the New Year holidays, said the minister.
“Some branches will work during the holidays to implement the payments, the work won’t stop even after January 1,” said Sokolov.
That is just a really nice gesture. Bad enough that families lose loved ones and breadwinners. Nice that they will not be saddled with any debt incurred by the deceased.
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