Vladimir Putin pays last respects to emergencies minister Yevgeny Zinichev
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday attended a farewell ceremony for Yevgeny Zinichev, Russia's emergency situations minister who died during drills on Wednesday. Zinichev, 55, "tragically died in the line of duty during inter-agency exercises to protect the Arctic zone from emergency situations, while saving a person's life," ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday attended a farewell ceremony for Yevgeny Zinichev, Russia's emergency situations minister who died during drills on Wednesday.
Yevgeny Zinichev, 55, "tragically died in the line of duty during inter-agency exercises to protect the Arctic zone from emergency situations, while saving a person's life," the ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.
Zinichev became the head of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry in 2018.
His predecessor stepped down not long after a major fire in a shopping mall in Siberia killed more than 60 people, sending shockwaves throughout the country.
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In 2016, Zinichev had a two-month stint as an acting governor of Russia's westernmost Kaliningrad region.
For a long time before that, he was part of President Vladimir Putin's personal security detail.
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