He was in extremely serious condition: one of the victims of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall died in hospital

The head of the Russian Ministry of Health, Mikhail Murashko, said that one of the victims of the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall died in hospital.

“Unfortunately, one of the victims, who was previously in an extremely serious condition, died, the doctors did everything possible,” RIA Novosti quotes the minister as saying.

Taking into account previously published data from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the number of deaths as a result of the tragedy on March 22 increased to 140.

Reaction to tragedy

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that officials from Western countries changed their position on the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall for fear of being “left behind.”

As Zakharova said on Radio Sputnik, a “mutation has occurred” with Western countries under the influence of the reaction of the world majority to the terrorist attack in Russia. According to the diplomat, representatives of Western countries began to come to Russian embassies and leave entries in books of condolences.

“They understood everything. They realized that despite the fact that they declare themselves to be a dominant, a hegemon, a metropolis, the world has already stepped forward - and they will remain completely left behind if they do not change their attitude towards this monstrous tragedy,” said the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

A day earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the leadership of Interpol unexpectedly announced its readiness to assist in the investigation of the terrorist attack.

The minister suggested that such a development of events would most likely be aimed at promoting the theory, convenient for the West, that the terrorist attack was prepared by the Islamic State group*, and Ukraine “had nothing to do with it.” “We can handle it ourselves,” Lavrov concluded.

Sobyanin - about the work of rescuers and doctors

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin spoke about the work to eliminate the consequences of the terrorist attack at Crocus. According to him, almost 400 firefighters and rescuers participated in extinguishing the fire, and more than 140 units of fire equipment were involved. In addition, 44 ambulance crews and three medical helicopters were sent to the scene.

According to the data provided by Sobyanin, 94 people were admitted to Moscow hospitals, 60 of them have already been discharged. Over 7.7 thousand people donated blood for the victims.

Among other things, Sobyanin spoke about the size of the donations. According to him, more than 215 million rubles were sent to help the victims and families of the victims by Moscow restaurants and retail enterprises. In addition, over 20 million rubles were sent by Muscovites themselves through city charity services.

“Completely eliminating the consequences of the terrorist attack will take some time. And helping his victims will be our constant concern,” the mayor said.

Also on russian.rt.com Anesthetist Sakharov told how doctors worked on the day of the terrorist attack at Crocus

On the evening of March 26, representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that there were no more victims under the rubble of Crocus.

“All efforts to rescue and search for victims have been completed. I think this stage is completed. I can immediately state that there are no more victims under the rubble. The dog handlers did their work, the rescuers did their work,” said the rescuer, addressing the head of the Moscow region, Andrei Vorobyov. The corresponding entry was published in the Telegram channel of the head of the region.

It also became known that among those killed at Crocus was Andrei Syropyatov, the head of the organization that employed students who participated in rescuing people from Crocus City Hall. On March 26, Syropyatov’s name appeared in the updated lists of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

A friend of the deceased, Ivan, told RT that the last time they communicated with Andrei was at 20:00 on March 22, after which contact with him disappeared.

“We were looking for him, until today he was not on the (lists -

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) of victims or dead. About 500 people were looking for him,” the man said.

It was previously reported that Syropyatov supervised the work of personnel on the radio during the evacuation and organized the withdrawal of people.

* “Islamic State” (IS) is an organization recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.