New Delhi, 08 September2021

As per news report of Rt.com, in a statement, the Department confirmed that Zinichev “was tragically killed while on duty, while taking part in inter-agency exercises designed to protect the Arctic zone from emergencies, as he tried to save a person’s life.”He had been inspecting a new fire station in the city of Norilsk as part of the visit.According to RT’s Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, the minister and a cameraman had been “standing on the edge of a ledge when the cameraman slipped and fell into the water. While there were numerous eyewitnesses, nobody had a chance to realize what was going on before Zinichev dived into the water after the man, who had fallen and hit an outcrop.” Simonyan added that “he died as a rescuer – rest in peace.” She went on to say that the camera operator had also died.

Source - rt.com

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