In Russia, Minister of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev died during his studies, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Wednesday.
“The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reports with grief that the head of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, Yevgeny Zinichev, was tragically killed in his inter-service training on how to protect the Arctic from an emergency situation by saving human life,” the ministry said.
Zinichev died while studying in the city of Norilsk.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the minister died rescuing the well-known film director Alexander Melnik.
The film director worked at a ministry-organized training site in Norilsk to select a location to film his new documentary on the development of the Arctic and North Sea Route.
Sources in the emergency services report that Melnik also died.
Zinichev has been a minister since 2018. He was 55 years old.
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