“Yevgeny Nikolaevich was a real Russian officer who considered honest, loyal service to the Motherland and the people to be his life's work ... In the most difficult and dangerous moments he showed heroism more than once,” the government's website says.
Earlier it became known that the head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry died saving the famous film director Alexander Melnik.
The death of Zinichev became known on September 8.