Russian Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev, who tragically died on Wednesday, was buried with military honors in St. Petersburg, his native city, on Friday, APA reports citing TASS.
Earlier in the day, the farewell ceremony was held at the emergencies ministry’s national crisis management center in Moscow. The ceremony was attended by President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, speaker of the Russian State Duma (lower parliament house) Vyacheslav Volodin, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, speaker of the Federation Council (upper parliament house) Valentina Matviyenko, and others.
After the farewell ceremony, the body was taken to St. Petersburg by an emergencies ministry’s special flight. There was a private funeral held.
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