MOSCOW. Sept 8 (Interfax) - Russian Emergency Situations Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died while rescuing well-known film director Alexander Melnik, the press service for the Emergency Situations Ministry told reporters.
"Russian Emergency Situations Minister Yevgeny Zinichev died while rescuing well-known film director Alexander Melnik," the press service said.
As reported, Melnik was working at the site of an interagency training exercise held by the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry.