This was reported by the FBA "Economics Today".

“He remained faithful to his principles, until the last minute he fulfilled his professional and civic duty,” Matvienko said.

According to her, Zinichev devoted his life to serving Russia, helping to solve important state problems.

For his part, General of the Army, former Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Yuri Baluyevsky, in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel, noted that this was an untimely loss.

“A person could do a lot more for the benefit of the department and the state.

The circumstances in which I had to somehow cross paths with him confirmed that he was a professional, that he was a man on guard of the law, ”he said.

On September 8, it became known that the head of the department, Yevgeny Zinichev, died tragically in the line of duty, saving a person's life during interdepartmental exercises.

First Deputy Head of the United Russia faction, member of the State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Adalbi Shkhagoshev called the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Zinichev a brave and brave man.