This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the metropolitan department of the Civil Defense and Emergencies Ministry.

"At 17.45, employees of the Crimean Bridge search and rescue station lifted a man born in 1965 intoxicated from the water on the Slavin hovercraft," the department said.

The victim was taken to the Crimean Bridge station and provided him with first aid.

The man was transferred to the ambulance team.

In December, a man was removed from the support of the Crimean bridge in Moscow.