Russia: Relatives of Russian Sinai plane crash victims mourn one year on

Exactly one year after the downing of a Russian passenger plane over the Sinai desert, relatives of the victims spoke about their individual responses to the attack, in St. Petersburg on Monday.
Anatoli Pulyaev who lost his son, Roman, said "it is more important to know what to do next and what conclusions to draw after what has happened." He added, "I am not sure if the retaliative operation made any sense. Probably not. A death that causes another death is not a way out."
Alexander Voitenko who lost his sister, Irina Vitaleva, said he supported the response of the government of the Russian Federation, arguing that "terrorists shouldn't be dealt with on our territory [, but on others'], otherwise they [militants] will come here." He speculated that "our relatives were the token money in this war. They were the first Russian victims of this bloodshed."
Irina Zakharova's daughter Elvira Voskresenskaya studied at a military school and was on course to attain the rank of a major this year. She said, "you know, it is very difficult to talk about her in the past tense," adding "she was a beloved daughter."
Zakharova currently serves as a chairperson for the Flight 9268 Charitable Fund that unites the relatives and friends of the Sinai plane crash victims. The members of the fund support each other and exchange information about the course of the investigation.
The Russian Metrojet A321 charter flight crashed in the Sinai Peninsula en route from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg on October 31, 2015. The incident claimed the lives of all 217 passengers and seven crew members on board the plane. According to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), a bomb was detonated onboard the Kogalymavia airplane causing it to come crashing down. The conclusion was made based on the traces of explosives found in the wreckage of the plane.