An all-Russia public committee of support of the Beslan hostage crisis victims has been set up in Moscow. The decision was made at a committee session taking place at the President Hotel in Moscow on Saturday, an Interfax correspondent reported from the scene. Opening the session, presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District Dmitry Kozak said the tragedy in Beslan "has demonstrated solidarity of all people of good will in the entire Russian Federation and throughout the world."
In addition to Kozak, the committee was joined by prominent Russian business, politics, science, and culture figures. In particular, it includes North Ossetian President Alexander Dzasokhov, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov, President of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Yevgeny Primakov, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, Alfa Bank President Pyotr Aven, Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov, Chairman of the Theatrical Union Alexander Kalyagin, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yury Osipov, Director of the Serbsky Psychiatric Center Tatyana Dmistriyeva, and others. 
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