greeted by the information service of the ntv television company, this is the program today, in the dmitry zavoisky studio. out of the zone. became more than just colleagues, do not believe that semyon is no longer with us, he was not only a truly military correspondent, a man who was ready at any moment to go to the most advanced positions, never turned on the back, was ready to work and day and night, he was also a very good friend, a good comrade, he and i worked very closely together for many months in syria, i am a little older than him and he always addressed me as a nerd. and an iron character, for him there was no concept of an impossible task, he did not sit in the rear, did not hide, he always worked at the cutting edge, his materials were always dynamic, alive and one felt that a person really worked fearlessly, his death is an irreparable loss for of all russian military journalism and for all of us who knew semyon, this is of course terrible news, for me he is like that... a real samurai, a man who always had his own way, he had a wonderful feeling humor, a very good person, kind, and