“On behalf of the government of the Russian Federation and on my own behalf, I express my deep condolences in connection with the numerous casualties and destruction,” the head of the Russian Cabinet said in a statement.
Earlier it was reported that an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred on the morning of February 6 in the province of Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey.
Later, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the death of 912 people as a result of the earthquake.
It also became known that the number of victims of the earthquake in Syria rose to 326.