Top secret Stalin-era aircraft went down with 2 million roubles on board.
Il-76 plane crashed while battling wildfires; Minister vows 'We will never forget them.'
Forest fire may have caused the blasts which led to 400 people being evacuated.
A desperate rescue mission saved four people - but up to 24 are feared dead in the air tragedy in the Sakha Republic.
Mystery over circumstances of crash when chopper was on 'unsactioned' flight.
New statistics on Saturday showed the vast scale of the human effort in Russia to halt a natural disaster that has destroyed swathes of woodland and taiga.
All Nippon Airways tours Tolmachevo and says it meets with high standards required to deal with planes that divert between Japan and Europe.
Wildfires rage around Lake Baikal with 5,000-plus emergency workers deployed.
Recent reports showed 89 wildfires in Siberia and 25 in the Russian Far East as a new season of damage to forests gets underway.
Greenpeace claim authorities underestimate the scale of destruction, amid warnings of lack of resources to fight fires.