Russian President Vladimir Putin said goodbye to the leader Ministry of Emergency Situations Yevgeny Zinichev, who died Wednesday in Norilsk.
In a video that appeared on the RIA Novosti telegram channel, the president placed a bouquet of wine roses in the minister's coffin and bowed. Then Putin sat down next to Zinichev's family – his widow and son.
Vladimir Putin previously called Yevgeny Zinichev's death a personal loss. The day before, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia.