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Last respects to Yevgeny Zinichev

September 10, 2021, Moscow

Vladimir Putin arrived at the National Crisis Management Centre of the Emergencies Ministry to pay his last respects to the Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief, Hero of Russia (posthumously), Army General Yevgeny Zinichev.

The President honoured Yevgeny Zinichev’s memory by laying flowers on the coffin and expressed his condolences to the widow and son of the deceased.

The Emergencies Minister tragically lost his life in the line of duty on September 8, 2021. He was 55.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin sent a message of condolences to Yevgeny Zinichev’s family and friends.

September 10, 2021, Moscow