of duty, flowers at the rescuer memorial complex, and also at the monument to hero of russia evgeny zinichevthe head of the ministry of emergency situations died saving another person. in 2021, while filming a documentary about the arctic, he slipped off a cliff, the minister rushed to help. the monument to the hero was opened exactly a year ago. today at the ceremony are the current head of the ministry of emergency situations, alexander kurenkov, and sergei shaigu, who headed the rescue service for more than 20 years. it all started with one squad, and now it’s a wide network diver units. and climbers, doctors and dog handlers, pyrotechnicians, firefighters, and specialists of the highest class. report by alena tsanoi. february 2023, devastating earthquake in syria and turkey, tens of thousands of dead, even more injured. russian rescuers were among the first to arrive on the president’s instructions. we are clearing the road there. during the work of the ministry of emergency situations, more than 3 million. its employees always selflessly come to the rescue, be it a flood, an explosion i

ministry of emergency situations, as well as the former head of the department, hero of russia evgeny zinichevre. our correspondent anastasia is in direct contact ponko. hello anastasi, how was the ceremony? hello, alexander, today is a professional holiday, rescuer day, celebrated by over 300,000 emergency situations ministry personnel across the country. rescuers search for missing people every day, help put out fires, help people cope with the consequences of bad weather, flooding and save human lives every day, the ministry of emergency situations of russia and... this year is 33 years old, over all these years of work they have saved more than 3 million people. throughout the country, the rescuer is one of the most difficult dangerous professions, and in order to do your job well you need special courage, and most importantly the ability to make the right decisions correctly and quickly, because sometimes human lives depend on it. this year, in general, the ranks of the department were replenished with four new divisions in the donetsk and lugansk people's republics, and the kherson zapor