A Let L-410 Turbolet plane crashed has crashed near a city in Russia's Tatarstan region, killing 16 people and injuring seven, the RIA news agency cited emergency services as saying.
According to the TASS news agency, the Emergencies Ministry said it had been carrying a group of parachute jumpers.
Seven people were pulled alive from the wreckage, TASS news agency said.
The plane was a Let L-410 Turbolet, which is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft.
Russian aviation safety standards have improved in recent years.
However, accidents — especially involving ageing planes in far-flung regions — are not uncommon.
An ageing Antonov An-26 transport plane crashed in Russia's far-east last month, killing six people.
And all 28 people on board the Antonov An-26 twin-engine turboprop died in a crash in Kamchatka in July.Reuters
