Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (second right, background) attending the ceremony of mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu (third left, background) attending the ceremony of mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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(Left) the parents Natalia and Alexander Prokhorenko and (from right, foreground) Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attending the ceremony of mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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Mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) attending the ceremony of mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko. From right, foreground: Republic of Ingushetia Head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Nikolai Pankov.

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Mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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Mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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From left, background: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Republic of Ingushetia Head Yunus-Bek Yevkurov attending the ceremony of mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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Mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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Mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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Mourning Hero of Russia Alexander Prokhorenko, a special force officer, who was killed in Syria last March 17 while performing a combat assignment. The ceremony takes place on the Chkalovsky aerodrome before the body's shipment to the Orenburg Region, the birthplace of Alexander Prokhorenko.

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