The only member of a Russian ice hockey team to survive a plane crash last week has died of his severe injuries.
Alexander Galimov suffered burns to 90% of his body in the accident last Wednesday.
Despite intensive treatment, he died on Monday morning.
Forty-three others were killed in the crash, including all of Galimov's team-mates from the major league ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
One other person, a crew member, survived, and is receiving treatment.
The Russian Hockey Federation issued a statement on Monday saying: "We express our deepest condolences to the families and friends of Alexander, and all to whom his fight for life has remained the last hope in this terrible tragedy."
The crash had deeply hurt a country where ice hockey is a favourite sport, and many Russians had pinned their hopes on Galimov's recovery.
Unlike many of Lokomotiv's international stars, the 26-year-old winger was a native of the city of Yaroslavl, and had played with the club since his youth.
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